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Genetic diversity in mesoamerican populations of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), assessed using RAPDs.
Heredity - 1 Dec 1999
Gillies A C, Navarro C, Lowe A J, Newton A C, Hernández M, Wilson J, Cornelius J P
Abstract excerpt
Swietenia macrophylla King, a timber species native to tropical America, is threatened by selective logging and deforestation. To quantify genetic diversity within the species and monitor the impact of selective logging, populations were sampled across Mesoamerica, from Mexico to Panama, and analysed for RAPD DNA variation. Ten decamer primers generated 102 polymorphic RAPD bands and pairwise distances were...
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