Genetic effects of domestication in western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla

Forest Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-239

  Wellman, Hugh ^a   Ritland, Carol ^a   Ritland, Kermit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Domestication; Genetic variation; Seed orchard; Tsuga heterophylla; Western hemlock

Indexed keywords

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 1542474419     PISSN: 1335048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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