High levels of genetic variation in the haploid leafy liverwort Porella platyphylla from the southeastern United States
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Summary, in English
The few studies that have investigated levels of genetic variation in liverworts have found very little polymorphism. Our electrophoretic data show, however, that the leafy liverwort Porella platyphylla maintains high levels of genetic variation in at least some natural populations from the southeastern United States. Within a single population from southwestern North Carolina, we detected 26 distinct multilocus genotypes and more than 80% of the enzyme loci we surveyed were polymorphic. It seems likely that earlier studies of mostly thalloid species from glaciated regions of Europe have presented a biased picture of levels of variation in liverwort populations.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2005
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
247-252
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Bryology
Volym
27
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Ecology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1743-2820