Neutral DNA markers fail to detect genetic divergence in an ecologically important trait

Biological Conservation

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-275

  Bekessy, Sarah Adine ^a,b   Ennos, Richard A ^b   Burgman, Mark A ^a   Newton, Adrian C ^c   Ades, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araucaria araucana; Conservation genetics; Evolutionary potential; Quantitative genetics; RAPDs

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; REFORESTATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA;

EID: 0037391888     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00225-2     Document Type: Article

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