Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.1515/botcro-2016-0007

Alive and kicking, or, living on borrowed time? – Microsatellite diversity in natural populations of the endangered Ulmus minor Mill. sensu latissimo from Croatia

Marko Zebec ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Genetics, Dendrology and Botany, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marilena Idžojtić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Genetics, Dendrology and Botany, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zlatko Šatović ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Igor Poljak ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Genetics, Dendrology and Botany, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zlatko Liber ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Botany, Marulićev trg 9, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to assess the genetic diversity of 5 natural field elm populations in Croatia. The study results suggest that the observed populations are characterized by a satisfactory amount of heterozygosity, and that the impact of the Dutch elm disease on the amount of genetic diversity in the sampled populations is currently negligible. However, one population displayed a significant excess of heterozygosity, implying a genetic bottleneck. The existence of a very clear genetic differentiation between the continental and the Mediterranean populations of Ulmus minor in Croatia was noticed.

Keywords

bottleneck event; endangered species; genetic diversity; natural populations; nuclear microsatellites; Ulmus minor

Hrčak ID:

155477

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155477

Publication date:

1.4.2016.

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