Local genetic structure in a clonal dioecious angiosperm

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 957-967

  Ruggiero, M V ^a   Reusch, T B H ^b   Procaccini, G ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonality; Cymodocea nodosa; Dioecy; Microsatellites; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344386772     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02477.x     Document Type: Article

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