Article
Understanding Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of a Poa pratensis Worldwide Collection through Morphological, Nuclear and Chloroplast Diversity Analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Raggi Lorenzo, Bitocchi Elena, Russi Luigi, Marconi Gianpiero, Sharbel Timothy F, Veronesi Fabio, Albertini Emidio
Abstract excerpt
Poa pratensis L. is a forage and turf grass species well adapted to a wide range of mesic to moist habitats. Due to its genome complexity little is known regarding evolution, genome composition and intraspecific phylogenetic relationships of this species. In the present study we investigated the morphological and genetic diversity of 33 P. pratensis accessions from 23 different countries using both nuclear and...
Topics
- Cell Nucleus
- Chloroplasts
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Plant
- Discriminant Analysis
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genome Size
- Genome, Plant
- Genotype
