Genetic diversity and population structure of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) in Western North America

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Jun Jun ^a   Sniezko, Richard ^b   Murray, Michael ^c   Wang, Ning ^a,d   Chen, Hao ^a   Zamany, Arezoo ^a   Sturrock, Rona N ^a   Savin, Douglas ^b   Kegley, Angelia ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Lands and Natural Resource Operations   (New Zealand)

^d QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OREGON; PHENOTYPE; PINE; PINUS ALBICAULIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WASHINGTON; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 85006421214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167986     Document Type: Article

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