Spatial scale of local adaptation and population genetic structure in a miniature succulent, Argyroderma pearsonii

New Phytologist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 904-914

  Ellis, Allan G ^a,b,c   Weis, Arthur E ^a   Gaut, Brandon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aizoaceae; Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP); Conservation genetics; Local adaptation; Population genetic structure; Reciprocal transplant; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; DRAINAGE BASIN; EXCAVATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUARTZ;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIZOACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIZOACEAE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; KNERSVLAKTE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AIZOACEAE;

EID: 34248371570     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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