Journal
CONSERVATION GENETICS
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages 1551-1563Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0252-7
Keywords
Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Microsatellite; Primula nutans; Primula sibirica group
Categories
Funding
- Academy of Finland [78130]
- Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
- Suomen Luonnonsuojelun Saatio
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [78130, 78130] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We have investigated the local and regional scale genetic structure of Siberian primrose (Primula nutans) populations in Northern Europe. The genetic diversity and structure of fifteen populations sampled from the Bothnian Bay in Finland, the Barents Sea in Norway and the White Sea in Russia were assessed using eleven microsatellite markers. We investigated the distribution of genetic variation within and between populations, and studied the local genetic structure using spatial autocorrelation analysis. We found very low genetic and allelic diversity in the Bothnian Bay and Barents Sea populations, and only slightly higher in the White Sea population. The level of genetic differentiation between the regions was very high, whereas differentiation between the populations within the regions was moderate. We found no spatial structuring of populations in any region suggesting efficient dispersal on a local scale. Clonal reproduction seemed to have no effect on genetic structure.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available