Cultivation shapes genetic novelty in a globally important invader

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3187-3199

  Thompson, Genevieve D ^a   Bellstedt, Dirk U ^a   Byrne, Margaret ^b   Millar, Melissa A ^b   Richardson, David M ^a   Wilson, John R U ^a,c   Le Roux, Johannes J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; biological invasions; chloroplast capture; genetic novelty; introgression; tree invasions

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACACIA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 84862775434     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05601.x     Document Type: Article

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