Genetic diversity and seed production in Santa Lucia fir (Abies bracteata), a relict of the Miocene Broadleaved Evergreen Forest

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-398

  Thomas Ledig, F ^a,b   Hodgskiss, Paul D ^a,b   Johnson, David R ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Inbreeding; Isozymes; Relict species; Seed yield

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; ENZYME; EVERGREEN FOREST; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; SEED PRODUCTION; TREE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES BRACTEATA;

EID: 33745021925     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9049-x     Document Type: Article

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