The gap between the concept and definitions in the Evolutionarily Significant Unit: The need to integrate neutral genetic variation and adaptive variation

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 604-612

  De Guia, Anna Pauline O ^a   Saitoh, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation unit; Full ESU; Genetic markers; Partial ESU; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION;

EID: 34347222893     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0059-z     Document Type: Review

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