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Anthropogenic And Natural Causes Influencing Population Genetic Structure Of Juniperus Procera Hochst. Ex Endl. In The Ethiopian Highlands, Demissew Sertse, Oliver Gailing, Nicolas George Eliades, Reiner Finkeldey
Anthropogenic And Natural Causes Influencing Population Genetic Structure Of Juniperus Procera Hochst. Ex Endl. In The Ethiopian Highlands, Demissew Sertse, Oliver Gailing, Nicolas George Eliades, Reiner Finkeldey
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Juniperus procera is economically highly important but threatened tree species. It is the only species among 67 taxa in the genus Juniperus that naturally grows in Africa and south of the equator extending up to 18°S in Zimbabwe. Ethiopia is assumed to host the largest J. procera populations, which are also believed to have high genetic variation owing to their wide ecological amplitude. This study assessed genetic variation at AFLPs of J. procera populations in the Ethiopian highlands. In the study six populations, namely Chilimo, Goba, Menagesha-Suba, Wef-Washa, Yabelo and Ziquala were included. A total of 20-24 trees from each …
Assessment Of The Domestication State Of Ackee (Blighia Sapida K.D. Koenig) In Benin Based On Aflp And Microsatellite Markers, Marius R.M. Ekué, Oliver Gailing, Barbara Vornam, Reiner Finkeldey
Assessment Of The Domestication State Of Ackee (Blighia Sapida K.D. Koenig) In Benin Based On Aflp And Microsatellite Markers, Marius R.M. Ekué, Oliver Gailing, Barbara Vornam, Reiner Finkeldey
Michigan Tech Publications
Ackee (Blighia sapida) is a native multipurpose species important for the livelihoods of the rural populations in Benin. Trees are found in natural forests or are managed by farmers in different traditional agroforestry systems. Genetic variation at amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers, four nuclear microsatellites (nSSRs) and one chloroplast microsatellite (cpSSR) were investigated in 279 individuals from six wild and eight cultivated populations from Benin. The AFLP data revealed moderate levels of diversity of ackee in Benin (mean diversity values are proportion of polymorphic loci = 52.8% and Nei's gene diversity = 0.157, for 375 AFLP fragments). The mean …