Strong spatial genetic structure in peripheral but not core populations of Sitka spruce [Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.]

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2659-2667

  Gapare, Washington J ^a,b   Aitken, Sally N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co ancestry; Gene conservation; Isolation by distance; Peripheral populations; Sitka spruce; Spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SPRUCE; UNITED STATES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; PACIFIC STATES; PICEA; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES;

EID: 24944547516     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02633.x     Document Type: Article

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