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Increased inbreeding and strong kinship structure in Taxus baccata estimated from both AFLP and SSR data.
Heredity - 1 Dec 2011
Chybicki I J, Oleksa A, Burczyk J
Abstract excerpt
Habitat fragmentation can have severe genetic consequences for trees, such as increased inbreeding and decreased effective population size. In effect, local populations suffer from reduction of genetic variation, and thus loss of adaptive capacity, which consequently increases their risk of extinction. In Europe, Taxus baccata is among a number of tree species experiencing strong habitat fragmentation. However,...
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