Genetic structure among and within peripheral and central populations of three endangered floodplain violets

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2367-2379

  Eckstein, R L ^a   O'Neill, R A ^a   Danihelka, J ^b,c   Otte, A ^a   Kohler W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

AFLP; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Marginal populations; Spatial genetic structure; Viola

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIOLACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VIOLA;

INSECTA; VIOLA ELATIOR; VIOLA PUMILA; VIOLA STAGNINA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 33745891533     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02944.x     Document Type: Article

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