Article
Chloroplast diversity in Vouacapoua americana (Caesalpiniaceae), a neotropical forest tree.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2000
Dutech C, Maggia L, Joly H I
Abstract excerpt
The chloroplast genome has been widely used to describe genetic diversity in plant species. Its maternal inheritance in numerous angiosperm species and low mutation rate are suitable characters when inferring historical events such as possible recolonization routes. Here we have studied chloropla...
Topics
- Chloroplasts
- DNA, Plant
- Ecosystem
- French Guiana
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Trees
- Tropical Climate