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(American Journal of Botany. 2002;89:1142-1155.)
© 2002 Botanical Society of America, Inc.

Population Biology

Multilocus genetic structure at contrasted spatial scales of the endangered water fern Marsilea strigosa Willd. (Marsileaceae, Pteridophyta)1

Renaud Vitalis2,3,6, Miquel Riba4, Bruno Colas5, Patrick Grillas3 and Isabelle Olivieri2

2Laboratoire Génétique et Environnement, C.C. 065, ISEM (UMR 5554), Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France; 3Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200 Arles, France; 4Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain; 5Laboratoire d'Écologie (UMR 7625), C.C. 237, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), 7 quai St Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France

Marsilea strigosa (Marsileaceae, Pterydophyta) is a rare water fern found in the Mediterranean basin, in temporary flooded habitats only. We analyzed the level and the distribution of genetic variation at seven microsatellite loci, both at the Mediterranean scale and at a narrower scale within a highly fragmented French metapopulation. Genetic diversity among individuals within each pond suggests that M. strigosa reproduces predominantly through selfing. The very high population differentiation at the Mediterranean scale indicates that gene flow (if any) is highly restricted. Similar differentiation is also found at the scale of a single metapopulation. The distribution of multilocus genotypes suggests that the genetic variation in this species is maintained mainly through the interplay of mutation and low recombination.

Key Words: conservation biology • Marsilea strigosa • microsatellites • multilocus analyses • population structure




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