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<p>The total of 257 trees from the ten natural Siberian stone pine populations of West Siberian Plain, Ural Mountains and Kuznetsk Alatau were studied with the eight nuclear microsatellite loci. Differentiation of population groups indicates the possible existence of separate refugia in the past in the Urals and Kuznetsk Alatau. The northern populations of Western Siberia were characterized by a reduced level of genetic diversity, which could be a consequence of the founder effect in the process of <italic>P. sibirica</italic> migration from the southern regions of Western Siberia and the Urals since the end of the last glacial maximum. The genetic variability distribution among populations shows the uneven dynamics of Siberian stone pine migration from the zones of supposed refugia. The map of the proposed ways of Siberian stone pine migration from the zones of possible refugia was constructed, and it is in a good agreement with the results of palynological investigations.</p>
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The total of 257 trees from the ten natural Siberian stone pine populations of West Siberian Plain, Ural Mountains and Kuznetsk Alatau were studied with the eight nuclear microsatellite loci. Differentiation of population groups indicates the possible existence of separate refugia in the past in the Urals and Kuznetsk Alatau. The northern populations of Western Siberia were characterized by a reduced level of genetic diversity, which could be a consequence of the founder effect in the process of P. sibirica migration from the southern regions of Western Siberia and the Urals since the end of the last glacial maximum. The genetic variability distribution among populations shows the uneven dynamics of Siberian stone pine migration from the zones of supposed refugia. The map of the proposed ways of Siberian stone pine migration from the zones of possible refugia was constructed, and it is in a good agreement with the results of palynological investigations.

Genetic structure and postglacial recolonization of <italic>Pinus sibirica</italic> Du Tour in the West Siberian Plain, inferred from nuclear microsatellite markers

Department for Monitoring the State of Forest Genetic Resources

Silvae Genetica

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Genetic structure and postglacial recolonization of  Du Tour in the West Siberian Plain, inferred from nuclear microsatellite markers

The total of 257 trees from the ten natural Siberian stone pine populations of West Siberian Plain, Ural Mountains and Kuznetsk Alatau were studied with the...

Genetic structure and postglacial recolonization of Pinus sibirica Du Tour in the West Siberian Plain, inferred from nuclear microsatellite markers

Published Online: Jun 20, 2021

Page range: 99 - 107

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sg-2021-0008

Keywords
Siberian stone pine, refugia, genetic diversity, recolonization, phylogeography, last glacial maximum, microsatellites, genetic differentiation, gene flow

© 2021 D. N. Shuvaev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Genetic structure and postglacial recolonization of Pinus sibirica Du Tour in the West Siberian Plain, inferred from nuclear microsatellite markers

Published Online: Jun 20, 2021

Page range: 99 - 107

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sg-2021-0008

KeywordsSiberian stone pine, refugia, genetic diversity, recolonization, phylogeography, last glacial maximum, microsatellites, genetic differentiation, gene flow

© 2021 D. N. Shuvaev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Siberian stone pine, refugia, genetic diversity, recolonization, phylogeography, last glacial maximum, microsatellites, genetic differentiation, gene flow