Landscape genetics of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) across its Asian range

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1027-1043

  Pollegioni, Paola ^a,b   Woeste, Keith E ^b   Chiocchini, Francesca ^a   Olimpieri, Irene ^a   Tortolano, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jo ^c   Hemery, Gabriel E ^d   Mapelli, Sergio ^e   Malvolti, Maria Emilia ^a  

^a CNR Institute of Agro environmental and Forest Biology   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Earth Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d SYLVA FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asia; Genetic diversity; Juglans regia; Landscape genetics; Nuclear microsatellites; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904556525     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-014-0740-2     Document Type: Article

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