RAPD and ISSR markers indicate diminished gene flow due to recent fragmentation of Polylepis australis woodlands in central Argentina

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 329-335

  Julio, Norma ^a   Sobral, Ana ^a   Dueñas, Juan Rondan ^a   Di Rienzo, Julio ^a   Renison, Daniel ^a   Hensen, Isabell ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparison of techniques; Connectivity; Genetic diversity; Sample size

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION SIZE; WOODLAND;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 41949121784     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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