Genetic diversity of Uapaca kirkiana Muel. Årg. populations as revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1205-1213

  Mwase, Weston F ^a,b   Bjornstad A ^b   Stedje, B ^c   Bokosi, J M ^a   Kwapata, M B ^a  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

AFLP; Conservation; Dioecious; Domestication; Genetic diversity; Miombo; Uapaca kirkiana; UPGMA

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRUIT; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GERMPLASM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT; TREE; UAPACA KIRKIANA;

UAPACA KIRKIANA;

EID: 33745906802     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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