The reproductive biology of Polytrichum formosum: clonal structure and paternity revealed by microsatellites
@article{vanderVelde2001TheRB, title={The reproductive biology of Polytrichum formosum: clonal structure and paternity revealed by microsatellites}, author={Marco van der Velde and Heinjo J. During and Louis van de Zande and Rudolf Bijlsma}, journal={Molecular Ecology}, year={2001}, volume={10} }
Using highly polymorphic microsatellite markers, we assessed clonal structure and paternity in a population of the bryophyte species Polytrichum formosum. Identical multilocus genotypes of individual shoots were almost never observed in spatially separated cushions, but were found to be highly clustered within moss cushions. Therefore, asexual reproduction through dispersal of gametophyte fragments is not very important in P. formosum. However, asexual reproduction on a very localized scale…
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