Geographical pattern of haplotypic variation in Austrian native stands of Picea abies.

Kornik

2009

S. 117-118

Bandaufführung

162520

In the present study we analysed the mitochondrial intraspecific variation in natural populations of
Norway spruce. We used the second intron of the nad1 gene, which contains two polymorphic short tandem
repeats. Due to the maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in Norway spruce, the spatial distribution of
haplotype DNA allows insights into seed dispersal and artificial seed transfer. A total of 504 trees distributed
all over Austria were genotyped, and 9 different haplotypes could be found. A geographical map of the
haplotype variation pattern of Picea abies is presented.