Polyploidy and microsatellite variation in the relict tree Prunus lusitanica L.: How effective are refugia in preserving genotypic diversity of clonal taxa?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1546-1557

  Garcia Verdugo C ^a,b   Calleja, J A ^c   Vargas, P ^d   Silva, L ^e   Moreira, O ^e   Pulido, F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Laboratorio de Biodiversidad Molecular Y Banco de ADN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

allopolyploid; clonal reproduction; fixed heterozygosity; genetic diversity; oceanic islands; polyploidy; Tertiary relicts

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRUNUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, PLANT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYPLOIDY; PRUNUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AZORICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS LUSITANICA;

EID: 84875216511     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12194     Document Type: Article

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