Pollinator-mediated gene flow fosters genetic variability in a narrow alpine endemic, Abronia alpina (Nyctaginaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1583-1594

  Jabis, Meredith D ^a,b   Ayers, Tina J ^a,b   Allan, Gerard J ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inyo County Water Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Abronia; AFLP; Allogamy; Endemic; Genetic diversity; Outcrossing; Pollination biology; Population structure; Rare plant; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; OUTCROSSING; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; NYCTAGINACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY (PLANT); SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; NYCTAGINACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN FLOWERING PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ABRONIA (ANGIOSPERM); ABRONIA ALPINA; HEXAPODA; NYCTAGINACEAE;

EID: 84857355262     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000515     Document Type: Article

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