Mosses surviving on the edge:Origins, genetic diversity, and mutation in Antarctica

• Main Authors: Skotnicki, M. L., Mackenzie, Amanda, Selkirk, Patricia
• Other Authors: Goffinet, B, Hollowell, Victoria, Magill, R
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Missouri Botanical Garden 2004
• Subjects: Antarctica; bryophyte; genetic variation; Heard Island; Macquarie Island; moss; mutation; SOUTHERN VICTORIA LAND; CHLOROPLAST DNA-SEQUENCES; NUCLEAR RIBOSOMAL DNA; PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS; SARCONEURUM-GLACIALE; CRYPTIC SPECIATION; NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE; BRYUM-ARGENTEUM; MOUNT-RITTMANN; ROSS-ISLAND; Antarctic; Victoria Land; Ross Island; Rittmann; Mount Rittmann; Antarc*; Sarconeurum glaciale
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/508d4e2e-8472-4ee0-ae39-03872ce42b66

Mosses are the dominant plant species in continental Antarctica, where they sparsely colonize the limited stony coastal areas not permanently covered with snow and ice. The few species of mosses present in Antarctica live "on the edge" for plant life, surviving in sonic of the harshest con...