Population genetic structure of two Medicago species shaped by distinct life form, mating system and seed dispersal

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 825-834

  Yan, Juan ^a,b   Chu, Hai Jia ^a,b   Wang, Heng Chang ^a   Li, Jian Qiang ^a   Sang, Tao ^c  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage legume; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Medicago lupulina; Medicago ruthenica; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; FLORAL TRAIT; FORAGE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMPLASM; HABITAT LOSS; LEGUME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MEDICAGO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDICAGO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; MEDICAGO RUTHENICA;

EID: 64949116696     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp006     Document Type: Article

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