Population history and gene dispersal inferred from spatial genetic structure of a Central African timber tree, Distemonanthus benthamianus (Caesalpinioideae)

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-99

  Debout, G D G ^a   Doucet, J L ^b   Hardy, O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biogeography; Central Africa; dispersal; rainforest; Spatial genetic structure; tropical tree

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LEGUME; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RAINFOREST; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; GABON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LEGUME; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; POPULATION; TREE;

CAMEROON; FABACEAE; GABON; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; TREES;

CAMEROON; GABON; GUINEA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; DISTEMONANTHUS BENTHAMIANUS;

EID: 78650308318     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.35     Document Type: Article

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