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In the Crimea Mountain population of Pinus pallasiana D. Don, the genetic structure of adult plants and embryos was studied along an elevation gradient (150, 400, 600, and 900 m a.s.l.). Ten polymorphic loci of six enzyme systems were examined. The degree of differentiation of plants from different elevations and their progeny with respect to genetic structure proved to be low, indicating the absence of strict isolation barriers that would interfere with gene flow along the elevation gradient.
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Original Russian Text © I.I. Korshikov, E.A. Mudrik, 2006, published in Ekologiya, 2006, No. 2, pp. 89–94.
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Korshikov, I.I., Mudrik, E.A. Elevation-dependent genetic variation of plants and seed embryos in the Crimea Mountain population of Pinus pallasiana D. Don. Russ J Ecol 37, 79–83 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413606020020
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