Genetic differentiation and diversity of Acacia koa populations in the Hawaiian Islands

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-190

  Adamski, Daniel J ^a   Dudley, Nicklos S ^b   Morden, Clifford W ^a   Borthakur, Dulal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia koa; Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite markers; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA KOA;

EID: 84865563392     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2011.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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