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Souza,Maria Isabel Ferreira de; Salgueiro,Fabiano; Carnavale-Bottino,Mariana; Félix,Durvalina Benedita; Alves-Ferreira,Marcio; Bittencourt,Juliana Vitoria Messias; Margis,Rogério. |
Habitat fragmentation and a decrease in population size may lead to a loss in population genetic diversity. For the first time, the reduction in genetic diversity in the northernmost limit of natural occurence (southeastern Brazil) of Araucaria angustifolia in comparison with populations in the main area of the species continuous natural distribution (southern Brazil), was tested. The 673 AFLPs markers revealed a high level of genetic diversity for the species (Ht = 0.27), despite anthropogenic influence throughout the last century, and a decrease of H in isolated populations of southeastern Brazil (H = 0.16), thereby indicating the tendency for higher genetic diversity in remnant populations of continuous forests in southern Brazil, when compared to... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Araucariaceae; Relict populations; Araucaria forest; Population genetics; AFLP. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572009000300018 |
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