Contrasting geographic patterns of genetic variation for molecular markers vs. Phenotypic traits in the energy grass miscanthus sinensis

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 562-571

  Slavov, Gancho ^a   Robson, Paul ^a   Jensen, Elaine ^a   Hodgson, Edward ^a   Farrar, Kerrie ^a   Allison, Gordon ^a   Hawkins, Sarah ^a   Thomas Jones, Sian ^a   Ma, Xue Feng ^b   Huang, Lin ^a   Swaller, Timothy ^b   Flavell, Richard ^b   Clifton Brown, John ^a   Donnison, Iain ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ceres Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cell wall composition; Divergent selection; Miscanthus sinensis; Molecular markers; Morphology; Phenology; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CROPS; DNA SEQUENCES; FORESTRY; GENES; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

CELL WALL COMPOSITION; DIVERGENT SELECTION; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; MOLECULAR MARKER; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84890412940     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12025     Document Type: Article

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