Spatial genetic structure of Taxus baccata L. in the western Mediterranean Basin: Past and present limits to gene movement over a broad geographic scale

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 805-815

  González Martínez, Santiago C ^a   Dubreuil, M ^b   Riba, M ^b   Vendramin, G G ^c   Sebastiani, F ^d   Mayol, M ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Nuclear microsatellites; Spatial genetic structure; Taxus baccata; Tertiary relicts; Western Mediterranean Basin

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAXUS; TREE;

BAYES THEOREM; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAXUS; TREES;

TAXACEAE; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 77953127291     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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