Genetic fingerprinting of germplasm accessions as an aid for species conservation: A case study with Borderea chouardii (Dioscoreaceae), one of the most critically endangered Iberian plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1283-1292

  Segarra Moragues, José Gabriel ^a   Iriondo, José María ^b   Catalán, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Borderea chouardii; Endangered plants; ex situ conservation strategies; Genetic diversity; Germplasm stocks; Microsatellites; Polyploids; Population structure; SSRs

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

DIOSCOREA CHOUARDII; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 27944495698     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci280     Document Type: Article

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