Invasion genetics of the Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae): Complex intercontinental patterns of genetic diversity, polyploidy and heterostyly characterize both native and introduced populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2143-2155

  Ferrero, Victoria ^a,b   Barrett, Spencer C H ^a   Castro, Sílvia ^c   Caldeirinha, Patrícia ^c   Navarro, Luis ^b   Loureiro, João ^c   Rodríguez Echeverría, Susana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biological invasions; clonal reproduction; genetic variation; heterostyly; polyploidy

Indexed keywords

OXALIS PES-CAPRAE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OXALIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALLELES; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OXALIDACEAE; PLOIDIES; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84928590711     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13056     Document Type: Article

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