Chloroplast DNA microsatellites reveal contrasting phylogeographic structure in mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King, Meliaceae) from Amazonia and Central America

Tropical Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Lemes, Maristerra R ^a   Dick, Christopher W ^b,c   Navarro, Carlos ^d,e   Lowe, Andrew J ^f,g   Cavers, Stephen ^h   Gribel, Rogério ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g State Herbarium   (Australia)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Big leaf mahogany; cpSSRs; DNA barcodes; Mesoamerica; Phylogeography; SAMOVA; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

MELIACEAE; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 77952322609     PISSN: 19359756     EISSN: 19359764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12042-010-9042-5     Document Type: Article

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