The fewer and the better: Prioritization of populations for conservation under limited resources, a genetic study with Borderea pyrenaica (Dioscoreaceae) in the Pyrenean National Park

Genetica

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-376

  Segarra Moragues, J G ^a   Catalan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allopolyploids; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Phylogeography; Population structure; RGUC

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; DIOSCOREACEAE; ECONOMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIOSCOREACEAE; DNA, PLANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, PLANT; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DIOSCOREA PYRENAICA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 77949294531     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-009-9427-2     Document Type: Article

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