Development of microsatellite markers for Antarctic Bryum Hedw. species

• Main Author: Harfoot, Rhodri T.
• Other Authors: Gemmill, Chrissen E.C.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Waikato 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Victoria Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Ross Island; Granite Harbour; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12842

The objective of this thesis was to isolate microsatellite markers using the Glenn (2001) method from the species Bryum argenteum so as to be able to study these markers in Antarctic populations of Bryum species. Microsatellite regions have been found to be highly polymorphic and neutral markers, an...