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| Pelser, P.B.; Nickrent, D.L.; Barcelona, J.F.. |
| Rafflesia speciosa is a threatened endo-holoparasitic species. It has several populations in the Central Panay Mountain Range (CPMR) of Panay island and a single population on Negros Island. Because R. speciosa is the only Philippine species of the genus that is not endemic to an individual island, it is a suitable species for improving our understanding of the factors underlying the high island endemism of Philippine Rafflesia. For this purpose and to inform the conservation management of R. speciosa, patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation were studied using 15 microsatellite loci and samples from nine populations. None of these populations shows evidence of inbreeding and R. speciosa has similar levels of heterozygosity as generally observed... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Microsatellites; Conservation; Negros; Panay; Philippines; Population genetics. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/655789 |
