Influences of landscape and pollinators on population genetic structure: Examples from three Penstemon (Plantaginaceae) species in the Great Basin

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-121

  Kramer, Andrea T ^a,b,c   Fant, Jeremie B ^b   Ashley, Mary V ^c  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Landscape genetics; Microsatellite; Penstemon; Pollination syndrome; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HERB; LANDSCAPE; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLLINATOR;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; PENSTEMON; PENSTEMON DEUSTUS; PENSTEMON PACHYPHYLLUS; PENSTEMON ROSTRIFLORUS; PLANTAGINACEAE;

EID: 78651079570     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000229     Document Type: Article

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