Patterns of genetic variation in southern Appalachian populations of Athyrium filix-femina var. Asplenioides (Dryopteridaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 761-780

  Sciarretta, Kimberly L ^a   Arbuckle, Erin Potter ^a,b   Haufler, Christopher H ^c   Werth, Charles R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ferns; Introgression; Isozymes; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; FERN; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ATHYRIUM; ATHYRIUM FILIX-FEMINA; FILICOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 23944487675     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432154     Document Type: Article

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