Genomics to tree breeding and forest health

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-544

  Neale, David B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TREES;

EID: 36549064777     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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