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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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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