Contemporary gene flow and mating system of Arabis alpina in a Central European alpine landscape

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1359-1367

  Buehler, D ^a,b   Graf, R ^a   Holderegger, R ^a,b   Gugerli, F ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine; Arabis alpina; contemporary gene flow; genetic structure; mating system; paternity analysis; pollen dispersal; spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; OUTCROSSING; PATERNITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARABIS; ARTICLE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ARABIS; GENE FLOW; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

ARABIS ALPINA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 84861626102     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs066     Document Type: Article

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