Genetic diversity in Isoetes yunguiensis, a rare and endangered endemic fern in China

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-49

  Chen, Jinming ^a   Gituru, Wahiti R ^b   Liu, Xing ^a   Wang, Qingfeng ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Endemic fern; Genetic diversity; Isoetes; Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); Rare and endangered

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; ISOETES; ISOETES YUNGUIENSIS;

EID: 33847396236     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-007-0008-4     Document Type: Article

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