Extensive clonal spread and extreme longevity in saw palmetto, a foundation clonal plant

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3730-3742

  Takahashi, Mizuki K ^a   Horner, Liana M ^a   Kubota, Toshiro ^b   Keller, Nathan A ^a   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a,c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

amplified fragment length polymorphisms; conservation genetics; longevity; management plan; minimum branching tree; Serenoa repens

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SABAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLORIDA; LONGEVITY; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SERENOA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SABAL; SABAL ETONIA; SERENOA; SERENOA REPENS;

EID: 80052540405     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05212.x     Document Type: Article

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