Back from the brink: Potential for genetic rescue in a critically endangered tree

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3773-3784

  Finger, A ^a   Kettle, C J ^a   Kaiser Bunbury, C N ^a,b   Valentin, T ^c   Doudee, D ^d   Matatiken, D ^c   Ghazoul, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c National Parks Authority   (Seychelles)

^d National Botanical Gardens Foundation   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

artificial cross pollinations; genetic rescue; Medusagyne oppositifolia; microsatellites; seychelles; spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; OCHNACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEYCHELLES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCHNACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEYCHELLES;

MEDUSAGYNE OPPOSITIFOLIA;

EID: 80052517342     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05228.x     Document Type: Article

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