Population genetic structure of the endangered and endemic medicinal plant Commiphora wightii

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 847-854

  Haque, Inamul ^a   Bandopadhyay, Rajib ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Kunal ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Commiphora wightii; Endangered; Genetic diversity; Guggulsterones; Mantel's test; RAPD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA WIGHTII; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; GENETICS; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

COMMIPHORA WIGHTII;

COMMIPHORA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77950872332     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9661-9     Document Type: Article

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