Genetic variation within and among populations of a dominant desert tree Haloxylon ammodendron (Amaranthaceae) in China

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-252

  Sheng, Yan ^a   Zheng, Weihong ^b   Pei, Kequan ^a   Ma, Keping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b QIQIHAR UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Haloxylon ammodendron; ISSR

Indexed keywords

DESERT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TREE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

AMARANTHACEAE; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON;

PLANT DNA;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 25144464531     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci171     Document Type: Article

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