Open AccessGENETIC DIFFERENTIATION OF SPRUCE POPULATIONS IN NORTHWEST RUSSIA REVEALED WITH MICROSATELLITE MARKERS
Author(s) -
Elena Potokina,
Larisa Orlova,
Maria Vishnevskaya,
Е. А. Алексеева,
А.Ф. Потокин,
A. A. Egorov
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
èkologičeskaâ genetika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2411-9202
pISSN - 1811-0932
DOI - 10.17816/ecogen10240-49
Subject(s) - microsatellite , genetic diversity , biology , picea abies , botany , evolutionary biology , genetics , population , allele , gene , demography , sociology
Analysis of genetic diversity of spruce populations in northwest Russia using microsatellite markers revealed two moderately distinctive genetic clusters. One of them combined trees that were determined by morphological featuers as P. abies. The other cluster included trees identified as P. obovata and P. fennica. The SSR analysis does not support taxonomical independence of the hybrid-derived species P. fennica. Occurrence of P. abies genotypes revealed by SSR analysis significantly decreases from the south to the north.