Slatkin's Paradox: When direct observation and realized gene flow disagree. A case study in Ficus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4441-4453

  Yu, Hui ^a,b   Nason, John D ^b   Ge, Xuejun ^a   Zeng, Jiqing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fig; Fig wasp; Gene flow; Pollen dispersal; Seed dispersal; Slatkin's Paradox

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; DNA SEQUENCE; FICUS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; WASP;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, PLANT; FICUS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLLEN; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASPS;

AGAONIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS HIRTA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649262497     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04777.x     Document Type: Article

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