Divergent levels of genetic variation and ploidy among populations of the rare shrub, Grevillea repens (Proteaceae)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-837

  Holmes, Gareth D ^a   James, Elizabeth A ^b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clonality; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; ISOLATED POPULATION; PLOIDY; RARITY; REPRODUCTION; SHRUB;

GREVILLEA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 67649305036     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9643-9     Document Type: Article

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