How much genetic variation is stored in the seed bank? A study of Atriplex tatarica (Chenopodiaceae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2653-2663

  Mandak B ^a,c   Bimova K ^a,b   Mahelka, V ^a   Plackova I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atriplex tatarica; Co ancestry coefficient; Competition; Population genetic structure; Seed bank; Wright's F statistic

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SOIL;

ALLELES; ATRIPLEX; HETEROZYGOTE; SEEDS; SOIL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX TATARICA;

EID: 33745904182     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02953.x     Document Type: Article

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