Fine-scale estimation of outcrossing in western redcedar with microsatellite assay of bulked DNA

Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-449

  O'Connell, L M ^a,c   Russell, J ^b   Ritland, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulked DNA; Conifer; Cupressaceae; Mating system; Microsatellites; Thuja plicata

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

AUTOGAMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OUTCROSSING;

ARTICLE; CEDRUS; CHEMISTRY; CROSS BREEDING; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS;

CEDRUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 7044263320     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800521     Document Type: Article

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