Breeding systems and continuing evolution in the endemic Sorbus taxa on Arran

Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 487-495

  Robertson, A ^a,b   Newton, A C ^a,c   Ennos, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Breeding system; Conservation; Molecular markers; S. pseudofennica; Sorbus arranensis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; HYBRIDIZATION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT LEAF; POLYPLOIDY; SORBUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREEDING; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYPLOIDY; SCOTLAND; SORBUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARRAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AYRSHIRE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 7044286422     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800528     Document Type: Article

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