Fine-scale spatial structure of genets and sexes in the dioecious plant Dioscorea japonica, which disperses by both bulbils and seeds

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1399-1415

  Mizuki, Inoue ^a   Ishida, Kiyoshi ^b   Tani, Naoki ^c   Tsumura, Yoshihiko ^d  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonal; Dioscoreaceae; Genet; Spatial genetic structure; Spatial sex segregation; SSR

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; DIOECY; DIVERSITY INDEX; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENET; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RAMET; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA JAPONICA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 78650023062     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9396-z     Document Type: Article

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