Diversity in Encephalartos woodii collections based on Random Amplified DNA markers (RAPD's) and Inter-Specific Sequence Repeats (ISSR's)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 341-344

  Prakash, S ^a   Grobbelaar, N ^b   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cycads; Genetic similarity; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; GYMNOSPERM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CYCADOPSIDA; ENCEPHALARTOS WOODII;

EID: 41649113907     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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