Consequences of ex situ cultivation of plants: Genetic diversity, fitness and adaptation of the monocarpic Cynoglossum officinale L. in botanic gardens

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 272-278

  Enßlin, Andreas ^a   Sandner, Tobias M ^a   Matthies, Diethart ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boraginaceae; Genetic drift; Microsatellites; Seed dormancy; Unconscious selection

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; GARDEN; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; RARE SPECIES; REINTRODUCTION; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PRODUCTION;

GERMANY;

BORAGINACEAE; CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 78751584821     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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