Dispersal capacities of pollen, seeds and spores: insights from comparative analyses of spatial genetic structures in bryophytes and spermatophytes by T. Fichant, A. Ledent, F. Collart, A. Vanderpoorten

“…Based on a meta-analysis of cpDNA and nDNA sequence data in western Europe, we test the hypotheses that nDNA genetic structures are similar in bryophytes and spermatophytes due to the similar size of spores and pollen grains, whereas genetic structures derived from the analysis of cpDNA are significantly stronger in spermatophytes than in bryophytes due to the substantially larger size of seeds as compared to spores.MethodsSequence data at 1-4 loci were retrieved for 11 bryophyte and 17 spermatophyte species across their entire European range. …”
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