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Investigation of genetic and morphological variation in the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu; Arecaceae) in Papua New Guinea.
Annals of botany - 1 Jul 2004
Kjaer Anders, Barfod Anders S, Asmussen Conny B, Seberg Ole
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The genetic and morphological variation in the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu, Arecaceae) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was investigated. METHODS: Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) was used to investigate the genetic structure of 76 accessions of M. sagu, collected in seven wild and semi-wild stands in PNG. KEY RESULTS: An analysis of ten quantitative morphological variables revealed that...
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