Determination of the genetic structure of remnant Morus boninensis Koidz. trees to establish a conservation program on the Bonin Islands, Japan     

Naoki Tani  Hiroshi Yoshimaru  Takayuki Kawahara  Yoshio Hoshi  Fuyuo Nobushima  Takaya Yasui 《BMC ecology》2006,6(1):14-13

Background  

Morus boninensis, is an endemic plant of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands of Japan and is categorized as "critically endangered" in the Japanese red data book. However, little information is available about its ecological, evolutionary and genetic status, despite the urgent need for guidelines for the conservation of the species. Therefore, we adopted Moritz's MU concept, based on the species' current genetic structure, to define management units and to select mother tree candidates for seed orchards.  相似文献