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Spatial Pattern and Fine-Scale Genetic Structure Indicating Recent Colonization of the Palm Euterpe edulis in a Brazilian Atlantic Forest Fragment

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The authors acknowledge Dr. Jeffrey Joseph (RBG-Kew), for constructive comments on the manuscript, and the Brazilian agencies Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and Conselho Nacional Pesquisa (CNPq), for providing a fellowship for F. A. Vieira and a research fellowship for Dulcinéia de Carvalho.

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  1. Departamento de Agropecuria, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, 59072-970, Brazil

    Fábio de Almeida Vieira

  2. Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, CP 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-000, Brazil

    Dulcinéia de Carvalho & Rubens Manoel dos Santos

  3. Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, SC, 88520-000, Brazil

    Pedro Higuchi

  4. Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, MG, 39100-000, Brazil

    Evandro Luiz Mendonça Machado

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de Almeida Vieira, F., de Carvalho, D., Higuchi, P. et al. Spatial Pattern and Fine-Scale Genetic Structure Indicating Recent Colonization of the Palm Euterpe edulis in a Brazilian Atlantic Forest Fragment. Biochem Genet 48, 96–103 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-009-9298-3

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