Микросателлитный полиморфизм северных природных популяций arabidopsis thaliana (L.)

Abstract

The level of genetic variability in natural populations of Ara­bidopsis thaliana, occupying northern limits of the species’ range, was evalu­ated with help of five microsatellite loci. It is suggested that the high level of Arabidopsis population polymorphism in Karelia is due to extreme environ­mental conditions in the northern part of the species range.