B. Ziegenhagen et al., CHLOROPLAST MICROSATELLITES AS MARKERS FOR PATERNITY ANALYSIS IN ABIES-ALBA, Canadian journal of forest research, 28(2), 1998, pp. 317-321
This study describes the application of previously characterized chlor
oplast microsatellites as markers for paternity analysis in a conifer
species. The investigations were performed on silver fir (Abies alba M
ill.) relic trees in an endangered population of the Ore Mountains (Ge
rmany). Two relatively isolated adult trees about 30 m apart, as well
as 24 naturally regenerated young trees in their direct neighborhood,
were analyzed at two chloroplast microsatellite loci. Results reveal t
he potential usefulness of the markers for paternity analysis.