Phylogeographic pattern of the European forest grass species Hordelymus europaeus: cpDNA evidence

Postglacial history and current population genetic diversity of a central-European forest plant Hacquetia epipactis

“…Much less is known about the genetic diversity patterns and history of forest herbaceous species, also important for the postglacial development of forest communities, e.g. with Fagus sylvatica (Schiemann et al 2001, Tyler 2002a, Rejzková et al 2008, Svenning et al 2008b, Kramp et al 2009, Brus 2010, Dvořáková et al 2010, Slovák et al 2012). An important question for the knowledge on extant assemblages is to what extent their components shared a common history and whether they may have coexisted in past assemblages and comigrated from the same glacial refugia.…”

“…Relatively little attention has been paid thus far to the phylogeography of herbaceous plant species in the forest understorey, which form an important component of forest ecosystems (Willner et al 2009) and for which there are fewer comprehensive studies (Schiemann et al 2001, Tyler 2002a, Rejzková et al 2008, Svenning et al 2008b, Kramp et al 2009, Dvořáková et al 2010, Slovák et al 2012, Stachurska-Swakoń et al 2012, Bartha et al 2015. Phylogeographical patterns of such species may provide important insights into the postglacial processes of assembly of forest ecosystems.…”

EPSPS variability, gene expression, and enzymatic activity in glyphosate-resistant biotypes of Digitaria insularis

“…For example, the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis showed low genetic differentiation among 30 populations (Shimono et al, 2013). Similarly, when using three non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA to examine population structure of 43 populations of European forest grass Hordelymus europaeus, long-distance dispersal due to a widespread ancestor was found (Dvořková et al, 2010).…”

Genetic variation of isolated and peripheral populations of Pinus sylvestris (L.) from glacial refugia

“…The analysis of variation in molecular markers including isoenzymes (e.g., Mandák et al, 2011) and chloroplast, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, facilitates the determination of the precise genetic structure of a population, as well as the directions of gene flows and migrations routes (e.g., Dvořákova et al, 2010). In the investigation of migration routes, analysis of the frequencies of rare alleles is particularly useful (Petit et al, 2002;Prus-Głowacki et al, 2003).…”

“…Populations from glacial refugia frequently represent old Tertiary gene pools with unique traits. These populations constitute a major part of the genetic variation of the species not affected by the continental ice-sheet (Cheddadi et al, 2006;Dvořákova et al, 2010;Petit et al, 2003;Prus-Głowacki et al, 2003;Soranzo et al, 2000).…”