Heterozygote advantage in the American chestnut, Castanea dentata (Fagaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-213

  Stilwell, Kevin L ^a,c   Wilbur, Henry M ^a   Werth, Charles R ^b   Taylor, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 648 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme variation; Castanea dentata; Cryphonectria parasitica; Fagaceae; Genetic diversity; Heterozygosity; Population structure

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA DENTATA; CRYPHONECTRIA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FAGACEAE; FUNGI; TEREBRANTIA; VALSACEAE;

EID: 0842267231     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.2.207     Document Type: Article

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