The genus
Twenty‐four novel microsatellite markers (16 nuclear and eight chloroplast) were developed from
These markers are promising tools to study the population genetics of sexual
Eleven of eighteen Society Island
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10460389
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Evolutionary Applications
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 1752-4571
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 1017-1033
- Size(s):
- p. 1017-1033
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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