The importance of setting the right genetic distance threshold for identification of clones using amplified fragment length polymorphism: A case study with five species in the tropical plant genus Piper

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-82

  Lasso, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Asexual recruitment; Clones; Evenness index; Fingerprint dissimilarities; Genetic diversity

Indexed keywords

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 36849001849     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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