Birch pollen ‐ the key to unlock hidden cases of species hybridization

• Main Authors: Anamthawat‐Jonsson, Kesara, Karlsdottir, Lilja
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; Grímsnes; Betula nana; Dwarf birch; Greenland ice core; Greenland Ice core Project; ice core; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527808465.emc2016.5043; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2F9783527808465.EMC2016.5043; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9783527808465.EMC2016.5043

Normal Betula pollen grains are triporate, i.e. having three pores, whereas genetically abnormal or deformed grains are usually not. We collected samples of pollen from 92 individual Betula trees/shrubs growing in natural birch woodlands in Iceland. The trees were previously identified as being dipl...