Do farmers reduce genetic diversity when they domesticate tropical trees? A case study from Amazonia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 497-501

  Hollingsworth, P M ^a,f,g   Dawson, I K ^b   Goodall Copestake, W P ^a,g   Richardson, J E ^c   Weber, J C ^b,d,h   Montes, C Sotelo ^b,e,h   Pennington, R T ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^d Université Laval ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f Genetics and Conservation Group   (United Kingdom)

^g RBGE   (United Kingdom)

^h Estación Experimental   (Peru)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bottlenecks; Inga edulis; Peru; SSR

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; INGA; INGA EDULIS;

EID: 13444288316     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02431.x     Document Type: Article

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