Open AccessVariation patterns of mitochondrial DNA of Abies alba Mill. in suture zones of postglacial migration in Europe
Author(s) -
Dušan Gömöry,
Roman Longauer,
Sascha Liepelt,
Dalibor Ballian,
Robert Brus,
Hojka Kraigher,
Vasil I. Parpanara,
Taras Parpan,
Ladislav Paule,
Владимир Ступар,
Birgit Ziegenhagen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.2004.027
Subject(s) - mitochondrial dna , balkan peninsula , foothills , haplotype , peninsula , ukrainian , streams , geography , fibrous joint , biology , physical geography , ecology , archaeology , allele , gene , genetics , anatomy , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , computer science
Thirty silver fir populations originating from the putative suture zones of the postglacial recolonization (Slovenia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Ukraine) were studied using a mitochondrial nad5-4 gene marker. The geographical distribution of mtDNA haplotypes in the Ukrainian Carpathians and their northern foothills indicates a very recent meeting of migration streams arriving from the Romanian Carpathians and Central Europe. In the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, two counterparallel migration streams are the most plausible explanation of the pattern observed. The haplotype typical for the Balkan Peninsula predominates along the Adrian coast, whereas the CentralEuropean haplotype is more represented in the inland