Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages 2729-2740Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01386.x
Keywords
adaptation; allozymes; ESTPs; G(ST); neutrality; population structure; Q(ST); quantitative traits
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Patterns of variation in quantitative characters and genetic markers were compared among six regional populations of white, Spruce [Picea glauca (Moench) Voss]. Although some phenotypic characters were correlated with latitude (r=0.791), longitude (r=-0.796) and precipitation during the growing season (r=0.789), variability at genetic markers was not correlated with geographical or bioclimatic variables, and followed neutral expectations. Estimates of genetic diversity and population differentiation for 14 allozymes (translated regions of coding genes) were essentially indistinguishable from those observed for 11 expressed sequence tag polymorphisms (ESTPs) from untranslated regions of coding genes. Variation among populations for quantitative traits such as eighth year height (Q(ST) = 0.082), thirteenth year height (Q(ST) = 0.069), total wood density (Q(ST) = 0.102) and date of budset (Q(ST) = 0.246), was greater than for allozymes (G(ST) = 0.014) and ESTPs (G(ST) = 0.019). These trends suggest a strong adaptive response in quantitative traits, contrasting to allozymes and ESTPs where no selective response could be detected and where populations appeared to be essentially in a migration-drift equilibrium.
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