Gene diversity and genetic structure in a narrow endemic, torrey pine (Pinus torreyana Parry ex Carr.)

Tom Ledig; M. Thompson Conkle

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Gene diversity and genetic structure in a narrow endemic, torrey pine (Pinus torreyana Parry ex Carr.)

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Authors:

Tom Ledig, M. Thompson Conkle

Year:

1983

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Evolution 37(1):79-85

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Abstract

Recent reviews have suggested that tree species are the most variable of organisms, as measured by proportion of polymorphic loci or average heterozygosity (Hamrick, 1979; Hamrick et al., 1979). Average heterozygosity is greater than 0.30 for several conifers. By contrast, annual herbaceous species have a mean heterozygosity of 0.13 (Hamrick et al., 1979).

Citation

Ledig, F. Thomas; Conkle, M. Thompson. 1983. Gene diversity and genetic structure in a narrow endemic, torrey pine (Pinus torreyana Parry ex Carr.). Evolution 37(1):79-85