Somatic mutations contribute to genotypic diversity in sterile and fertile populations of the threatened shrub, Grevillea rhizomatosa (Proteaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-342

  Gross, C L ^a   Nelson, Penelope A ^a   Haddadchi, Azadeh ^a   Fatemi, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clone diversity; Grevillea rhizomatosa; ISSR; matrix incompatibility; multiple breeding strategies; somatic mutations; sterility

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CLONAL GROWTH; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEATHLAND; MUTATION; POLLEN; RAMET; RECOMBINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHRUB; STERILITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT INFERTILITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEACEAE;

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; PLANT INFERTILITY; PROTEACEAE;

AUSTRALIA;

GREVILLEA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 84856745517     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr283     Document Type: Article

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