Genetically depauperate but widespread: The case of an emblematic Mediterranean pine

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 680-688

  Vendramin, Giovanni G ^a   Fady, Bruno ^b   González Martínez, Santiago C ^c   Hu, Feng Sheng ^d,e   Scotti, Ivan ^f   Sebastiani, Federico ^g   Soto, Álvaro ^h,i   Petit, Rémy J ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^d UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

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

^f Campus Agronomique   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁱ INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chloroplast microsatellites; Conservation genetics; Diversity depletion; Human impact; Pinus pinea

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPLAST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS CEMBROIDES; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 40449138501     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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