Spatial genetic structure of Aquilegia taxa endemic to the island of Sardinia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 953-964

  Garrido, J L ^a   Fenu, G ^b   Mattana, E ^b   Bacchetta, G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFLP markers; Aquilegia barbaricina; Aquilegia nugorensis; Aquilegia nuragica; biodiversity hotspot; divergent selection; endemic species; genetic drift; habitat specialization; Mediterranean Basin; Sardinia Island; spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AQUILEGIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ITALY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; AQUILEGIA; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, PLANT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; ISLANDS; ITALY;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

AQUILEGIA;

EID: 84859178769     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs011     Document Type: Article

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