Morphological and microsatellite diversity associated with ecological factors in natural populations of Medicago laciniata Mill. (Fabaceae)

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-255

  Badri, Mounawer ^a   Zitoun, Adel ^a   Ilahi, Houcine ^b   Huguet, Thierry ^c   Elarbi Aouani, Mohamed ^a,d  

^a Microorganismes   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eco geographical factors; FST; Medicago laciniata; Microsatellite markers; QST; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LACINIATA;

EID: 58549111635     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-008-0038-y     Document Type: Article

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