GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION OF SPRUCE POPULATIONS IN NORTHWEST RUSSIA REVEALED WITH MICROSATELLITE MARKERS

Elena K Potokina; Larisa V Orlova; Maria S Vishnevskaya; Ekaterina A Alekseeva; Alexander F Potokin; Alexander A Egorov

doi:10.17816/ecogen10240-49

Ecological Genetics ›› 2012, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2) : 40 -49. DOI: 10.17816/ecogen10240-49

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GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION OF SPRUCE POPULATIONS IN NORTHWEST RUSSIA REVEALED WITH MICROSATELLITE MARKERS

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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.

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Elena K Potokina,Larisa V Orlova,Maria S Vishnevskaya,Ekaterina A Alekseeva,Alexander F Potokin,Alexander A Egorov. GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION OF SPRUCE POPULATIONS IN NORTHWEST RUSSIA REVEALED WITH MICROSATELLITE MARKERS. Ecological Genetics, 2012, 10(2): 40-49 DOI:10.17816/ecogen10240-49