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SUBMITTER: Finlay CMV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5462792 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Finlay Caroline M V CMV Bradley Caroline R CR Preston S Jane SJ Provan Jim J
Scientific reports 20170607 1
Alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) is one of Ireland's rarest tree species, and in Northern Ireland the species is now restricted to a single population in Peatlands Park, Co. Armagh numbering ca. 140 mature trees. Genotyping of 95% of the trees at nine nuclear microsatellite loci revealed that levels of genetic diversity within this population were generally lower than those reported from larger populations in Spain. Analysis of six chloroplast microsatellite loci revealed no variation. The level ...[more]