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Morphological and molecular diversity among Italian populations of Quercus petraea (Fagaceae).
Annals of botany - 1 May 2003
Bruschi Piero, Vendramin Giovanni G, Bussotti Filippo, Grossoni Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Quercus petraea (sessile oak) has a scattered distribution in southern and central Italy. The objective of this work was to evaluate the level and distribution of diversity in five Italian populations of Q. petraea by using morphological markers and hypervariable molecular markers such as microsatellites. Forty-eight morphological traits and six nuclear and three plastid loci were scored for each population....
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