A morphological and molecular study in the Deschampsia cespitosa complex (Poaceae; Poeae; Airinae) in northern North America

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1366-1380

  Chiapella, Jorge O ^a   DeBoer, Veronica L ^b,c   Amico, Guillermo C ^d   Kuhl, Joseph C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Scientific Crime Detection Lab   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arctic; Deschampsia; ITS; Morphology; North America; Poaceae; trnK rps16

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA; SPACER DNA;

GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PLANT; HAPLOTYPES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA BREVIFOLIA; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; POACEAE; POEAE;

EID: 84858387237     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000495     Document Type: Article

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