Somatic mutations as a useful tool for studying clonal dynamics in trees

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4779-4781

  Heinze, Berthold ^a   Fussi, Barbara ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Natural selection and contemporary evolution; Population dynamics; Population genetics empirical

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ASPEN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT SURVEY; TREE;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULUS; TREES;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 55849143350     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03964.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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