Abstract
Twenty nine South European specimens of Sphagnum centrale, S. palustre, S. papillosum and S. magellanicum were studied with 15 microsatellite markers. In contrast with eastern North American populations, our analysis showed a genetic overlapping between S. centrale and S. palustre in mixed populations. Moreover, Mediterranean species showed a genetic richness (total number of alleles) higher than that calculated in conspecific American samples. As Mediterranean Sphagnum bogs are remnant populations, microsatellites could well work for selecting source populations in order to recover Mediterranean peatlands.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Mediterranean S. centrale and S. palustre showed genetic overlap in mixed populations, in contrast with eastern North American populations.
- Taxon
- S. centrale
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Sphagnum centralee1 - Outcome
- genetic overlappinge1
- Comparator
- eastern North American populationse1
- Setting
- mixed populationse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“In contrast with eastern North American populations, our analysis showed a genetic overlapping between S. centrale and S. palustre in mixed populations”
Claim · model-written summary
Mediterranean Sphagnum species showed higher genetic richness (total number of alleles) than conspecific American samples.
- Outcome
- genetic richness (total number of alleles)e2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- conspecific American samplese2
SphagnumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Twenty nine South European specimens of Sphagnum centrale, S. palustre, S. papillosum and S. magellanicum were studied with 15 microsatellite markers”
e2“Mediterranean species showed a genetic richness (total number of alleles) higher than that calculated in conspecific American samples”
Claim · model-written summary
Microsatellites could well be used to select source Sphagnum populations for recovering Mediterranean peatlands.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“As Mediterranean Sphagnum bogs are remnant populations, microsatellites could well work for selecting source populations in order to recover Mediterranean peatlands”