Population structure and gene flow of the Brazilian shrub Helicteres brevispira

• Published in: Heredity Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 355 - 363
• Main Authors: Franceschinelli, E.V, Kesseli, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.1999; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: autocorrelation; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cytogenetics; distance travelled; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; flight; founder effect; gene flow; gene frequency; genetic variation; Helicteres; Helicteres brevispira; Human Genetics; isozymes; mounds; original-article; plant density; Plant Genetics and Genomics; pollen flows; pollinators; Population structure; seed banks; seed dispersal; seed dormancy; spatial autocorrelation analysis; tropical forests; Brazil; seed dispersal; plant density; founder effect; hummingbird pollination; neighbourhood area

Helicteres brevispira is a pioneer species of the tropical riparian forest whose populations appear to cycle through episodes of extinction and recolonization. Therefore, genetic consequences of founding events may strongly affect the genetic structure of its populations. An analysis of F-statistics...