Conservation of eelgrass (Zostera marina) genetic diversity in a mesocosm-based restoration experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ort, Brian S ^a,c   Cohen, C Sarah ^a   Boyer, Katharyn E ^a   Reynolds, Laura K ^a,d   Tam, Sheh May ^a,e   Wyllie Echeverria, Sandy ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EELGRASS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MESOCOSM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; ZOSTERACEAE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84896761390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089316     Document Type: Article

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