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Half-sib family structure of Fagus crenata saplings in an old-growth beech-dwarf bamboo forest.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2005
Asuka Y, Tomaru N, Munehara Y, Tani N, Tsumura Y, Yamamoto S
Abstract excerpt
Half-sib family structure of Fagus crenata saplings was examined in an old-growth beech-dwarf bamboo (Sasa spp.) forest using microsatellite genotypes in parentage analysis to identify the half-sib families in two 50 x 50 m plots: one with 36 adults, 641 saplings and no Sasa cover, the other with 21 adults, 61 saplings and Sasa cover. For large proportions of the saplings (44.6% and 75.4%, respectively) both of...
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