The origin of clonal diversity and structure of Populus alba in Sardinia: Evidence from nuclear and plastid microsatellite markers

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 997-1006

  Brundu, Giuseppe ^a   Lupi, Renato ^b   Zapelli, Ilaria ^b   Fossati, Tiziana ^b   Patrignani, Giuseppe ^b   Camarda, Ignazio ^a   Sala, Francesco ^b   Castiglione, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genets; Native forest species; Phylogeography; Populus alba; Ramets; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DNA; GENET; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASTID; POLYMORPHISM; RAMET; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CELL CLONE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; ITALY; PLASTID; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CLONE CELLS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASTIDS; POPULUS;

POPULUS ALBA;

EID: 56449091624     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn192     Document Type: Article

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