Phylogeography and conservation genetics of a giant lobelia (Lobelia giberroa) in Ethiopian and Tropical East African mountains

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1233-1243

  Kebede, Mulugeta ^a,b   Ehrich, Dorothee ^b   Taberlet, Pierre ^c   Nemomissa, Sileshi ^a   Brochmann, Christian ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

AFLP; Afro alpine; Afro montane; Conservation; Dispersal; Lobelia giberroa; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LOBELIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LOBELIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LOBELIA;

EID: 33847626039     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03232.x     Document Type: Article

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