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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

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Marko Zebec, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Genetics, Dendrology and Botany, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Marko Zebec,PhD,associate professor,
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry,
Department of Forest Genetics, Dendrology and Botany,
Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia;

How to Cite
Zebec, M., Idzojtic, M., Satovic, Z., Poljak, I., & Liber, Z. (2016). Alive and kicking, or, living on borrowed time? – Microsatellite diversity in natural populations of the endangered Ulmus minor Mill. sensu latissimo from Croatia. Acta Botanica Croatica, 75(1). Retrieved from https://www.abc.botanic.hr/index.php/abc/article/view/1261

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