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Genetic relationships between European and Siberian larch,Larix spp. (Pinaceae), studied by allozymes. Is the Polish larch a hybrid between these two species?

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Thirteen populations ofLarix decidua subsp.decidua and subsp.polonica, and three populations ofL. sibirica were investigated by starch-gel electrophoresis. In the populations assayed 61 alleles at 17 loci were revealed. The allozyme data support the earlier observations about close relationships between these two larch species. Nei's genetic distances betweenL. decidua andL. sibirica were relatively small (D = 0.057), however, almost five times larger, on average, than those between populations of the same species. Results obtained in this study disagree withBobrov's hypothesis about the hybrid origin of the Polish larch and suggest a direct origin from the European larch.

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Lewandowski, A. Genetic relationships between European and Siberian larch,Larix spp. (Pinaceae), studied by allozymes. Is the Polish larch a hybrid between these two species?. Pl Syst Evol 204, 65–73 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00982532

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