Do living ex situ collections capture the genetic variation of wild populations? A molecular analysis of two relict tree species, Zelkova abelica and Zelkova carpinifolia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2945-2959

  Christe, Camille ^a,b   Kozlowski, Gregor ^a,c   Frey, David ^a   Fazan, Laurence ^a   Bétrisey, Sébastien ^a,c   Pirintsos, Stergios ^d   Gratzfeld, Joachim ^e   Naciri, Yamama ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b Unité de Phylogénie et Génétique moléculaires   (Switzerland)

^c Natural History Museum Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e and Botanical Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Botanic gardens; Chloroplast markers; Conservation strategy; Genetic diversity; Living ex situ collections

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHLOROPLAST; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITIZATION; RARE SPECIES; SHRUB; STAND STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE [GREECE]; GREECE;

ZELKOVA; ZELKOVA CARPINIFOLIA;

EID: 84912022164     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0756-9     Document Type: Article

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