Patterns of genetic and morphometric diversity in baobab (Adansonia digitata) populations across different climatic zones of Benin (West Africa)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 819-830

  Assogbadjo, A E ^a   Kyndt, T ^b   Sinsin, B ^a   Gheysen, G ^b   Van Damme, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adansonia digitata; Baobab; Climatic zones; Morphometric variation; Population structure

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT; SAMPLING;

ADANSONIA; ARTICLE; BENIN; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADANSONIA; BENIN; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; EAST AFRICA; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 33646244489     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl043     Document Type: Article

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