Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue 9, Pages 2735-2747Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02258.x
Keywords
black spruce; glacial populations; glacial refugia; mitochondrial DNA; phylogeography; postglacial recolonization
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Range-wide genetic variation of black spruce (Picea mariana) was studied using polymerase chain reaction-random fragment length polymorphism markers of the mitochondrial genome. Four polymorphic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) loci were surveyed and two or three alleles were detected at each locus, resulting in 10 multilocus mtDNA types or mitotypes. A significant subdivision of population genetic diversity was detected (G(ST) = 0.671; N-ST = 0.726), suggesting low levels of gene flow among populations. The distribution of mitotypes was not random (N-ST > G(ST); P < 0.05) and revealed four partially overlapping zones, presumably representative of different glacial populations. Comparison of the genetic structure derived from mtDNA markers and the colonization paths previously deduced from the fossil and pollen records allow us to infer at least three southern and one northeastern glacial populations for black spruce. The patterns revealed in this study suggest that black spruce shares its biogeographical history with other forest-associated North American species.
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