Clonality, genetic diversity and support for the diversifying selection hypothesis in natural populations of a flower-living yeast

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4395-4407

  Herrera, C M ^a   Pozo, M I ^a   Bazaga, P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

clonality; diversifying selection; floral nectar; fungal microbes; Metschnikowia gruessii; population genetics; yeasts

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; YEAST;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; FLOWERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; BOMBUS (GENUS); METSCHNIKOWIA GRUESSII;

EID: 80054809723     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05217.x     Document Type: Article

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