Genetic variation and gene flow in the endangered aquatic fern Ceratopteris pteridoides in China, and conservation implications

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-44

  Dong, Yuan Huo ^a   Gituru, Robert Wahiti ^b   Wang, Qing Feng ^c  

^a JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Ceratopteris pteridoides; Conservation; Gene flow; Genetic variation; RAPD

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOPTERIS PTERIDOIDES; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 77950245763     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.047.0104     Document Type: Article

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