Genetic structure and genetic diversity of the endangered grassland plant Crepis mollis (Jacq.) Asch. as a basis for conservation management in Germany

Duwe, Virginia K.; Muller, Ludo A. H.; Reichel, Katja; Zippel, Elke; Borsch, Thomas; Ismail, Sascha A.

doi:10.1007/s10592-017-1025-8

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“…Our results indicate that despite of lowered genetic diversity of lowland populations, they still contain relatively high amount of genetic variability including some unique alleles and alleles which are not present in mountain populations. This is consistent with results of other studies on species with similar distribution (Reisch et al 2002;Reisch et al 2003;Duwe et al 2018) reporting more genetic variability in mountains, but with enough genetic variability in lowlands.…”

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“…Greimler and Dobeš 2000;Lutz et al 2000;Reisch et al 2003;Windmaißer et al 2016;Duwe et al 2017;Duwe et al 2018;Knotek and Kolář 2018) with mixed results. Genetic diversity of lowland populations is often reduced due to their isolation and small size (Duwe et al 2017;Duwe et al 2018). In other species, lowland populations show no genetic erosion and high levels of genetic diversity probably due to high longevity of individuals and population sizes large enough for long time preservation of genetic diversity (Lutz 2000;Reisch et al 2002;Reisch et al 2003;Knotek and Kolář 2018).…”

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“…Only a few recent studies focused on species with this type of distribution (e.g. Greimler and Dobeš 2000;Lutz et al 2000;Reisch et al 2003;Windmaißer et al 2016;Duwe et al 2017;Duwe et al 2018;Knotek and Kolář 2018) with mixed results. Genetic diversity of lowland populations is often reduced due to their isolation and small size (Duwe et al 2017;Duwe et al 2018).…”

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Genetic variation in lowland and mountain populations of Tofieldia calyculata and their ability to survive within low levels of genetic diversity

Vlasta

Münzbergová

2022

Conserv Genet

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Loss of genetic diversity is expected to be a common reason for decline of populations of many rare species. To what extent this is true for populations at the range periphery remains to be explored. Alpine species with peripheral lowland populations are ideal but poorly known model system to address this issue. We investigated genetic diversity and structure of populations of To eldia calyculata, species common in central European mountains but highly endangered in lowlands using 17 microsatellite loci.We showed that lowland populations have lower genetic diversity than mountain populations and they are not clearly differentiated from mountain populations. Species probably survived the last glaciation in refugia in margins of Alps and western Carpathians. Some lowland populations are probably relict as well and contain unique genetic information. Their low genetic diversity is likely the result the of reduction of population sizes, gene ow during the Holocene and sel ng. However postglacial colonization is also a case of some lowland populations. Based on data from herbarium specimens from extinct lowland populations, we demonstrated that lowland populations had low genetic diversity also in the past and main part of the genetic diversity was lost due to extinction of whole populations. Within population genetic diversity has not changed since the last century suggesting that these populations are able to survive with low levels of genetic diversity under suitable habitat conditions. This idea is also supported by nding of large viable recent populations with very low genetic diversity. We conclude that lowland populations are unique and deserve adequate conservation.

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confidence: 92%