Determination of the genetic structure of remnant Morus boninensis Koidz. trees to establish a conservation program on the Bonin Islands, Japan

BMC Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tani, Naoki ^a   Yoshimaru, Hiroshi ^a   Kawahara, Takayuki ^a   Hoshi, Yoshio ^b   Nobushima, Fuyuo ^b   Yasui, Takaya ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Non profit Organization for Research of Wild Organisms in Ogasawara   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BONINENSIS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; JAPAN; MORUS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; JAPAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MORUS;

EID: 33750929514     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-6-14     Document Type: Article

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