Genetic diversity and structure of wild Tunisian Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae) populations

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 407-417

  Messaoud, Chokri ^a   Khoudja, Mohamed Laarbi ^b   Boussaid, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation by distance; Isozymes; Myrtus communis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GERMPLASM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

MYRTACEAE; MYRTUS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 32544441849     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-004-1412-0     Document Type: Article

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