Microsatellite variability and heterozygote deficiency in the arctic-alpine Alaskan wheatgrass (Elymus alaskanus) complex

Genome

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 729-737

  Sun, Genlou ^a   Salomon, Björn ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elymus alaskanus; Genetic differentiation; Heterozygote deficiency; Microsatellites; Variability

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ELYMUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREENLAND; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; ISOENZYMES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ELYMUS; ELYMUS ALASKANUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0344064991     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-052     Document Type: Article

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