Evidence of spontaneous selfing and disomic inheritance in Geranium robertianum.

ABSTRACT: Knowing species' breeding system and mating processes occurring in populations is important not only for understanding population dynamics, gene flow processes, and species' response to climate change, but also for designing control plans of invasive species. Geranium robertianum, a widespread biennial herbaceous species showing high morphological variation and wide ecological amplitude, can become invasive outside its distribution range. A mixed-mating system may be expected given the species' floral traits. However, autonomous selfing is considered as a common feature. Genetic variation and structure, and so population mating processes, have not been investigated in wild populations. We developed 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers to quantify genetic variation and structure in

SUBMITTER: Van Rossum F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8258199 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature