Demographic bottlenecks and low gene flow in remnant populations of the critically endangered Berchemiella wilsonii var. pubipetiolata (Rhamnaceae) inferred from microsatellite markers

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Kang, Ming ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Huang, Hongwen ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Assignment test; Berchemiella wilsonii var. pubipetiolata; Equilibrium; Gene flow; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; POLLEN; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BERCHEMIELLA WILSONII VAR. PUBIPETIOLATA; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 38049069278     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9324-0     Document Type: Article

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