Divergence within and among 3 Varieties of the Endemic Tree, 'Ohi'a Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) on the Eastern Slope of Hawai'i Island

• Published in: Journal of Heredity
• Main Authors: DeBoer, Nicholas, Stacy, Elizabeth A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2013
• Subjects: Original Article; Young Island
• Online Access: http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/est027v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/est027

Examination of neutral genetic structure within young, hypervariable tree species over heterogeneous landscapes can yield insight into the causes of divergence within trees. Three varieties of the Hawaiian-forest-dominant, Metrosideros polymorpha , occur across the main islands and partition 2 strik...