Article
Coincidence of small-scale spatial discontinuities in leaf morphology and nuclear microsatellite variation of Quercus petraea and Q. robur in a mixed forest.
Annals of botany - 1 Apr 2007
Gugerli F, Walser J-C, Dounavi K, Holderegger R, Finkeldey R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The taxon complex comprising Quercus petraea and Q. robur shows distinct morphologies and ecological preferences, but mostly low differentiation in various types of molecular markers at a broad spatial range. Local, spatially explicit analyses may reveal patterns induced by microevolutionary processes operating mainly over short distances. However, no attempts have been made to date to...
Topics
- Bayes Theorem
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Multivariate Analysis
- Plant Leaves
- Quercus
- Species Specificity
- Trees