Discovery of Juniperus sabina var. balkanensis R. P. Adams and A. N. Tashev in Albania and relictual polymorphisms found in nrDNA

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Adams, Robert, P | Farhat, Perla | Shuka, Lulëzim | Siljak-Yakovlev, Sonja

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International audience. Additional analyses of trnS-trnG and nrDNA from specimens from Albania revealed the presence of J. sabina var. balkanensis. Careful chromatogram analysis of eight (8) polymorphic sites in nrDNA revealed that 6 of the 8 plants were polymorphic (RSRMYRK or RSRMARK) and apparently hybrids between type 1 GGACCCAG and type 2 (ACGACAGT) plants. Two plants were homozygous for the 8 sites and they both had the type 1 pattern (GGACCCAG). The type 2 pattern (ACGACAGT) was not found, but due to the presence of hybrids, it probably grows in the area. These two nrDNA types appear to have arisen via hybridization with a J. thurifera ancestor. The two types often are found in both v. sabina and v. balkanensis populations.

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