Allozyme variation in American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.): Variation, breeding system, and implications for current conservation practice

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-23

  Grubbs, Holly J ^a   Case, Martha A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation strategy; Cultivated populations; Genetic diversity; Genetic drift; Inbreeding; Isozymes; Landrace; Wild populations

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 1442265294     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000014064.44592.bc     Document Type: Article

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