Genetic Differentiation and Clonality in a Local Population of the Caucasian Endemic Trifolium polyphyllum C.A. Mey. (Fabaceae)
- Autores: Zelenova O.1, Galkina M.2, Onipchenko V.1, Schanzer I.2
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Afiliações:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Edição: Volume 60, Nº 1 (2024)
- Páginas: 69-79
- Seção: ГЕНЕТИКА РАСТЕНИЙ
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0016-6758/article/view/255585
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0016675824010051
- ID: 255585
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Resumo
Trifolium polyphyllum is a Caucasian endemic of the Fabaceae family peculiar for its inability of nitrogen fixation. Despite this unique trait, the species is insufficiently studied, in particular, little is known about its propagation and dispersal modes. Analyses of ISSR markers in a sample from a population at Malaya Khatipara Mountain revealed that the species is capable to both sexual and vegetative propagation; however, the former mode dominates. We found out that separate patches within a local population are considerably genetically differentiated within an area of about 2000 square meters (PhiPT = 0.349; p = 0.001). We suppose this may happen due to lack of adaptations to seed dispersal. We also suppose that the observed concentration of genetically admixed individuals in upper parts of slopes is due to peculiarities of pollinators’ behavior. The size of vegetative clones does not exceed 1 square meter.
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O. Zelenova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: ischanzer@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow
M. Galkina
Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: ischanzer@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow
V. Onipchenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: ischanzer@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow
I. Schanzer
Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: ischanzer@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow