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Population genetic analysis of European Prunus spinosa (Rosaceae) using chloroplast DNA markers¹

²Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Chloroplast DNA diversity in Prunus spinosa, a common shrub of European deciduous forests, was assessed using the polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique. Thirty-two haplotypes were detected in 25 populations spread across the European continent. Ten haplotypes were shared by two or more populations, and 22 were private. The major proportion of the total cpDNA diversity (H_T = 0.73) was located within the populations (H_S = 0.49), and differentiation between populations was low (G_ST = 0.33) compared with other forest species. Haplotype diversity was higher in southern Europe than in northern Europe, indicating probable localization of glacial refugia in southern Europe. The minimum-length spanning tree of haplotypes showed incongruency between the phylogeny of haplotypes and their geographic locations. This might be the result of intensive seed movements following recolonization, which thereby erased the phylogeographic structure in P. spinosa.

Key Words: CAPS • cpDNA diversity • Europe • PCR-RFLP • phylogeography • private haplotypes • Prunus spinosa • Rosaceae

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