Genetic diversity, population structure, and conservation of Sophora moorcroftiana (Fabaceae), a shrub endemic to the Tibetan Plateau

Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-92

  Liu, Z M ^a   Zhao, A M ^e   Kang, X Y ^b   Zhou, S L ^c   Lopez Pujol J ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Conservation genetics; Elevation; Genetic diversity; Population structure; Sophora moorcroftiana; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALLELE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; SOPHORA;

ALLELES; ALTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENE FREQUENCY; ISOENZYMES; SOPHORA; TIBET; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

FABACEAE; SOPHORA;

EID: 31644451944     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872889     Document Type: Article

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