UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY A lack of genetic markers impedes our understanding of the population biology of Lemna minor. Thus, the development of appropriate genetic markers for L. minor promises to be highly useful for population genetic studies and for addressing other life history questions regarding the species. • METHODS AND RESULTS For the first time, we characterized nine polym...

Abstract Juniperus excelsa s. str. (Greek juniper) in Crimea is a relic species on the limits of its range, and represents Mediterranean flora Sub-Mediterranean part peninsula. Its origin history this area remains unresolved. We aimed to analyze phylogeny potential demographic expansion juniper as well study morphological differentiation. analyzed plant material from 59 trees inhabiting eight p...

Zanthoxylum, belonging to the Rutaceae family, is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. The genus has high economic value as spices, oils, medicinal plants, culinary applications. Zanthoxylum a long history of domestication cultivation China. However, phylogenetic relationships origin wild cultivated species China remain largely unknown. Moreover, there still no clear molecula...

Recent discovery of a low shrub from Topia, in the state of Durango, Mexico that appears similar to both J. durangensis and J. jaliscana, prompted the analyses of nrDNA and petN-psbM (cpDNA) SNPs. The plants from Topia differed from J. durangensis by 2 indels but were shown to be closely related as shown in a minimum spanning network. Phytologia 91(2): 353-358 (August, 2009).

The effect of natural catastrophic events, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, on the genetic structure of species has been infrequently studied. The 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake of Taiwan resulted in population extinction of Lithocarpus konishii (Fagaceae), an endangered species, and provides a case study for assessing impacts of natural catastrophes on genetic diversity. Genetic diversity ...