Genetic divergence of the sub-alpine shrubby variety, Quercus crispula var. horikawae , from the mountain oak species, Q. crispula , in Japan

Lerma San Jose-Maldia^1,2, Asako Matsumoto¹, Teruyoshi Nagamitsu¹, Saneyoshi Ueno¹, Yoshihiko Tsumura³

¹Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan

²College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College 4031, Laguna, Philippines

³Faculaty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan

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lsmaldia@up.edu.ph (L. San Jose-Maldia: LSJ-M) Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9237-635X

asakon@affrc.go.jp (A. Matsumoto: AM) Orcid ID: 0000-0002-3019-2985

saueno@affrc.go.jp (S. Ueno: SU) Orcid ID: 0000-0001-5571-0622

tsumura.yoshihiko.ke@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (Y. Tsumura: YT) Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9844-0914