Genetic structure of Bertholletia excelsa populations from the Amazon at different spatial scales

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 955-964

  Sujii, Patricia Sanae ^a   Martins, Karina ^b   Wadt, Lucia Helena de Oliveira ^c   Azevedo, Vânia Cristina Rennó ^d   Solferini, Vera Nisaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil nut tree; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Plant genetics; SSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934443015     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-015-0714-4     Document Type: Article

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