Populations do not become less genetically diverse or more differentiated towards the northern limit of the geographical range in clonal Vaccinium stamineum (Ericaceae)

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 534-544

  Yakimowski, Sarah B ^a   Eckert, Christopher G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal structure; Conservation; Genetic differentiation; Genetic diversity; Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR); Population size; Range limits

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOLATED POPULATION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; VACCINIUM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; VACCINIUM;

NORTH AMERICA;

ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM STAMINEUM;

EID: 52649094429     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02582.x     Document Type: Article

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