No sex at all? Extremely low genetic diversity in Gagea spathacea (Liliaceae) across Europe

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 372-378

  Pfeiffer, Tanja ^a   Klahr, Anja ^a   Peterson, Angela ^b   Levichev, Igor G ^c   Schnittler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

AFLP genotyping; ITS; Megaclone; PsbA trnH IGS; Sexual sterility; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOPHYTE; HYBRID; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLOIDY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; STERILITY; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

GAGEA SPATHACEA; LILIACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861185409     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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