Genetic effects of recent habitat fragmentation in the Thousand-Island Lake region of southeast China on the distylous herb Hedyotis chrysotricha (Rubiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1715-1725

  Yuan, Na ^a,b   Comes, Hans Peter ^c   Mao, Yun Rui ^a,b   Qi, Xin Shuai ^a,b   Qiu, Ying Xiong ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artificial lake islands; Drift migration equilibrium; Genetic diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Hedyotis chrysotricha; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEDYOTIS; INBREEDING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LAKE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEDYOTIS; INBREEDING; ISLANDS; LAKES; POPULATION DENSITY;

CHINA; QIANDAO LAKE; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84867584445     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200054     Document Type: Article

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