Genetic diversity and dispersal of the moss Sarconeurum glaciale on Ross Island, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Skotnicki, Mary, Ninham, J, Selkirk, Patricia M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: antarctica; canada; dispersal; environment; genetic difference; genetic diversity; haploidy; plant growth; random amplified polymorphic DNA; somatic mutation; Sarconeurum glaciale Antarctica; Colonization; Moss; RAPD; Sarconeurum glaciale; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Island; Canada; Scott Base; Arrival Heights; Canada Glacier; Crater Hill; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93703

The extent of genetic variation and dispersal mechanisms were investigated over short distances of 1-100 m, and up to 3 km, by the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique, for the moss Sarconeurum glaciale, at three locations on Ross Island, Antarctica. At Arrival Heights, genetic variatio...