Does sex make a difference? Genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure in two co-occurring species of Gagea (Liliaceae) with contrasting reproductive strategies

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 189-201

  Pfeiffer, Tanja ^a   Klahr, Anja ^a   Heinrich, Anika ^a   Schnittler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFLP fingerprinting; Gagea lutea; Gagea spathacea; Genotyping

Indexed keywords

GAGEA; GAGEA LUTEA; GAGEA SPATHACEA; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79952986273     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-010-0404-0     Document Type: Article

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