Mating system in a low-density natural population of the dioecious wind-pollinated Patagonian cypress.
Genetica
; 126(3): 315-21, 2006 Mar.
Article
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| ID: mdl-16636925
ABSTRACT
The mating system of a species is an essential factor that determines the genotypic frequencies of its populations in each generation. Thus, knowledge in this regard is important in the application of practical measures in conservation and forest tree breeding. Austrocedrus chilensis (D.DON) PIC. SER. ET BIZZARRI is a member of the Cupressaceae native to the Andean-Patagonian Forest of Argentina and Chile with regional economic importance. It is a dioecious tree with pollen and seeds distributed by wind. Isozyme markers were utilized to study the mating system of this species through the survey of individual effective pollen clouds in a natural low-density population. If random mating occurs, effective pollen clouds that pollinate single seed trees are expected to be genetically homogeneous. The classical HardyWeinberg test of panmixia was also performed. Although it failed to reject random mating, the analysis of the pollen clouds showed that this mating pattern does not occur. Evidence of locally distributed heterogeneous pollen clouds is presented. The two methods are critically compared.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pólen
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Reprodução
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Cupressus
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genetica
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina