Spatial genetic structure reflects extensive clonality, low genotypic diversity and habitat fragmentation in Grevillea renwickiana (Proteaceae), a rare, sterile shrub from south-eastern Australia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 413-423

  James, Elizabeth A ^a,b   McDougall, Keith L ^c,d  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloroplast haplotype; Climate change; Clonal plant ecology; Clonality; Genet; Grevillea renwickiana; Multilocus lineage; Proteaceae; Ramet; Somatic mutation; Spatial distribution; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MERISTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT INFERTILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEACEAE;

ALLELES; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MERISTEM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLANT INFERTILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEACEAE; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 84903614914     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu049     Document Type: Article

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