Patterns in genetic diversity of Trifolium pallescens populations do not reflect chronosequence on alpine glacier forelands

Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-532

  Raffl, C ^a   Holderegger, R ^b   Parson, W ^c   Erschbamer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Assignment test; Colonization history; Primary succession; Recent gene flow

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COLONIZATION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; VALLEY GLACIER;

ARTICLE; CLOVER; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TRIFOLIUM; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PALLESCENS;

EID: 42449083416     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.8     Document Type: Article

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