No genetic diversity at molecular markers and strong phenotypic plasticity in populations of Ranunculus nodiflorus, an endangered plant species in France

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1203-1212

  Noel, Florence ^a   Machon, Nathalie ^b   Porcher, Emmanuelle ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic diversity; Metapopulation; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative trait; Ranunculus nodiflorus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; METAPOPULATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION SIZE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FONTAINEBLEAU FOREST; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; SEINE-ET-MARNE; WESTERN EUROPE;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS NODIFLORUS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RANUNCULACEAE;

ALGORITHMS; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RANUNCULUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547755104     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm067     Document Type: Article

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