Intra-population genetic diversity of two wheatgrass species along altitude gradients on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Its implication for conservation and utilization

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-367

  Yan, Xue Bing ^a,b   Guo, Yu Xia ^b   Zhao, Chong ^c   Liu, Fa Yang ^c   Lu, Bao Rong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; Conservation; Elymus; Genetic variation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERSITY INDEX; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS BURCHAN-BUDDAE; ELYMUS NUTANS; POACEAE;

EID: 67349119207     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9596-z     Document Type: Article

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