Genetic variation in the endangered wild apple (Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.) in Belgium as revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphism and microsatellite markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 845-857

  Coart, Els ^a   Vekemans, Xavier ^b   Smulders, Marinus J M ^c   Wagner, Iris ^d   Van Huylenbroeck, Johan ^a   Van Bockstaele, Erik ^a,e   Roldán Ruiz, Isabel ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Pro Arbore Research Institute   (Germany)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AFLP; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Hybridization; Malus sylvestris; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE POOL; GERMANY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EMBRYOPHYTA; MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0038069228     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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