Increased inbreeding and strong kinship structure in Taxus baccata estimated from both AFLP and SSR data.

ABSTRACT: Habitat fragmentation can have severe genetic consequences for trees, such as increased inbreeding and decreased effective population size. In effect, local populations suffer from reduction of genetic variation, and thus loss of adaptive capacity, which consequently increases their risk of extinction. In Europe, Taxus baccata is among a number of tree species experiencing strong habitat fragmentation. However, there is little empirical data on the population genetic consequences of fragmentation for this species. This study aimed to characterize local genetic structure in two natural remnants of English yew in Poland based on both amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and microsatellite (SSR) markers. We introduced a Bayesian approach that estimates the average inbreeding coeffici

SUBMITTER: Chybicki IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3242636 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature