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Allozyme Variation and Phylogenetic Relationships in Picea jezoensis (Pinaceae) Populations of the Russian Far East

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Genetic variation and differentiation of 12 populations of Picea jezoensis from the Russian Far East were studied using 20 allozyme loci. The mean number of alleles per locus was 2.63, the percent of polymorphic loci was 88.1%, the observed heterozygosity was 0.181, and the mean value of expected heterozygosity amounted to 0.189. The values of expected heterozygosity of the northern and central mainland populations were higher than in the southern part of the natural range. A significant bias of Hardy–Weinberg heterozygosity to equilibrium heterozygosity (Heq) suggests that most of the mainland populations have recently experienced a severe expansion in population size while populations from Kamchatka Peninsula have undergone a reduction in population size. Unbiased Nei’s genetic distance values were low within and between the mainland and Sakhalin Island populations (DN=0.008). The largest values (DN=0.063) were found between the mainland/Sakhalin and Kamchatka Peninsula populations. Based on genetic distance, P. jezoensis and P. kamtschatkensis could be considered as distinct taxa, but P. ajanensis, P. microsperma, and P. komarovii do not warrant taxonomic recognition.

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I would like to thank two anonymous reviewers who gave helpful comments on the manuscript. I am also indebted to Dr. A. V. Velikov for his assistance in seed collection.

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Potenko, V.V. Allozyme Variation and Phylogenetic Relationships in Picea jezoensis (Pinaceae) Populations of the Russian Far East. Biochem Genet 45, 291–304 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-006-9075-5

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