Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Genetic variability within Carex sempervirens tussocks of contrasting vitality |
Authors: | Yu, F.-H. Schneller, Jakob Krüsi, Bertil Schütz, Martin Wildi, Otto |
DOI: | 10.1086/500474 |
Published in: | International Journal of Plant Sciences |
Volume(Issue): | 167 |
Issue: | 3 |
Page(s): | 513 |
Pages to: | 518 |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | University of Chicago Press |
ISSN: | 1058-5893 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Small-scale genetic variability; Carex sempervirens; Clonal growth; Swiss National Park |
Subject (DDC): | 580: Plants (Botany) |
Abstract: | Tentative evidence indicates that a discrete tussock may not be genetically uniform, especially if its vitality is reduced. Using molecular markers, we studied the genetic composition of eight vigorous and eight weak tussocks of Carex sempervirens (cover 75% and 35%, respectively) to elucidate the relationship between tussock vigor and genetic variability. Four C. sempervirens tussocks harbored more than one genotype. However, all four variable tussocks were weak, and the additional genotypes occurred only at the edge of the tussock base. The formation of a genetically variable tussock of C. sempervirens is best explained by a seedling or small tussock being incorporated by a large, expanding tussock that eventually surrounds it. The vitalityrelated pattern was most likely caused by the greater intraspecific competition both inside and around the vigorous tussocks. We conclude that the formation of a tussock may involve more than one seedling and that tussocks, therefore, may not a priori be treated as genetic individuals. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7343 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Yu, F.-H., Schneller, J., Krüsi, B., Schütz, M., & Wildi, O. (2006). Genetic variability within Carex sempervirens tussocks of contrasting vitality. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 167(3), 513–518. https://doi.org/10.1086/500474
Yu, F.-H. et al. (2006) ‘Genetic variability within Carex sempervirens tussocks of contrasting vitality’, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 167(3), pp. 513–518. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/500474.
F.-H. Yu, J. Schneller, B. Krüsi, M. Schütz, and O. Wildi, “Genetic variability within Carex sempervirens tussocks of contrasting vitality,” International Journal of Plant Sciences, vol. 167, no. 3, pp. 513–518, 2006, doi: 10.1086/500474.
YU, F.-H., Jakob SCHNELLER, Bertil KRÜSI, Martin SCHÜTZ und Otto WILDI, 2006. Genetic variability within Carex sempervirens tussocks of contrasting vitality. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 2006. Bd. 167, Nr. 3, S. 513–518. DOI 10.1086/500474
Yu, F.-H., Jakob Schneller, Bertil Krüsi, Martin Schütz, and Otto Wildi. 2006. “Genetic Variability within Carex Sempervirens Tussocks of Contrasting Vitality.” International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 (3): 513–18. https://doi.org/10.1086/500474.
Yu, F.-H., et al. “Genetic Variability within Carex Sempervirens Tussocks of Contrasting Vitality.” International Journal of Plant Sciences, vol. 167, no. 3, 2006, pp. 513–18, https://doi.org/10.1086/500474.
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