Strong differences in genetic structure across disjunct, edge, and core populations of the distylous forest herb Pulmonaria officinalis (Boraginaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1809-1818

  Meeus, Sofie ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boraginaceae; Distyly; Genetic differentiation; Genetic diversity; Isolation; Morph bias; Population size; Pulmonaria officinalis; Species' range

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; DICOTYLEDON; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; EDGE EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; HOME RANGE; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PULMONARIA; TREE;

ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PULMONARIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

BORAGINACEAE; PULMONARIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84869068137     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200223     Document Type: Article

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