The concept of population in clonal organisms: Mosaics of temporally colonized patches are forming highly diverse meadows of Zostera marina in Brittany

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2394-2407

  Becheler, R ^a   Diekmann, O ^b   Hily, C ^c   Moalic, Y ^a   Arnaud Haond, S ^a,b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Clonality; Dispersal; Ecotype; Network analysis; Population; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; ZOSTERACEAE;

DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRANCE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOSTERACEAE;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 77953490962     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04649.x     Document Type: Article

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