1. Genetic variability of verbascum populations from metal polluted and unpolluted sites
- Author
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Ljiljana Prokić, Filis Morina, Dejana Panković, Zlatko Šatović, and Gordana Danilović
- Subjects
0106 biological sciences ,lcsh:QH426-470 ,metal tolerance ,Plant Science ,010501 environmental sciences ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,RAPD ,Botany ,Genetics ,Verbascum ,Genetic variability ,mullein ,SSR ,UPGMA ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,food and beverages ,15. Life on land ,biology.organism_classification ,Genetic differentiation ,lcsh:Genetics ,Adaptation ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Mullein (Verbascum) plants have extensive distribution and can grow in variable environmental conditions. Seed was collected from mullein plants grown at 4 locations, two metals contaminated and two metal uncontaminated areas. Genetic variability of progeny was examined. Populations collected from unpolluted areas were genetically more similar than those collected from polluted areas as revealed by RAPD and SSR markers and UPGMA analysis. The results indicate that there is genetic differentiation between examined populations and therefore they represent suitable material for further investigation of plant adaptation mechanisms to increased metal content. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III43010]
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- 2015