Impact of past climatic and recent anthropogenic factors on wild yam genetic diversity

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1612-1623

  Chair H ^a   Duroy, P O ^a   Cubry, P ^a   Sinsin, B ^b   Pham, J L ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

bottleneck; Dahomey Gap; Dioscorea; genetic diversity; tuber flow

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BENIN; CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; YAM;

AGRICULTURE; BENIN; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIOSCOREA; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA PRAEHENSILIS; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA; ILEX;

EID: 79953795310     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05041.x     Document Type: Article

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