Conservation genetics of Mexican beech, Fagus grandifolia var. mexicana

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 475-484

  Rowden, Adele ^a   Robertson, Ashley ^a   Allnutt, Theodore ^a   Heredia, Sylvia ^a   Williams Linera, Guadalupe ^b   Newton, Adrian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cpDNA; Fagus grandifolia var. mexicana; genetic variation; Mexican beech; PCR RFLP; RAPD

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FAGACEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 4544314560     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000041028.02423.c0     Document Type: Article

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