Dioecy, more than monoecy, affects plant spatial genetic structure: The case study of Ficus

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3495-3508

  Nazareno, Alison G ^a,b   Alzate Marin, Ana L ^b   Pereira, Rodrigo Augusto S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian clustering; Ficus citrifolia; Ficus eximia; Gene flow; Sp statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887637929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.739     Document Type: Article

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