Origin of the Eleusine indica population on the active volcanic Nishinoshima Island, Japan.

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Nishinoshima Island, located approximately 1,000 km south of mainland Japan and 130 km from the Ogasawara Islands, emerged as a new island due to volcanic activity in 1973. On this isolated island, grasses such as Eleusine indica and Portulaca oleracea have been observed growing, though their routes of invasion remain unknown. Numerous seabirds have been spotted inhabiting and breeding around Nishinoshima Island,...

Topics

• Japan
• Islands
• Genetic Variation
• Eleusine
• DNA, Chloroplast
• Microsatellite Repeats