Genetic structure at range edge: Low diversity and high inbreeding in Southeast Asian mangrove (Avicennia marina) populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3515-3525

  Arnaud Haond, S ^a   Teixeira, S ^a   Massa, S I ^a   Billot, C ^a   Saenger, P ^c   Coupland, G ^d   Duarte, C M ^b   Serrao E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Biogeographic limits; Genetic diversity; Mangrove; Mating system; Species' distribution margins

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVICENNIA; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; PHILIPPINES; PHYSIOLOGY; VIET NAM;

AUSTRALIA; AVICENNIA; BIODIVERSITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHILIPPINES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIETNAM;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 33749826624     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02997.x     Document Type: Article

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