Genetic Diversity and History of Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur L. in the East of the Range
Journal: Russian Journal of Ecology
Year: 2023

Genetic diversity was studied in 41 populations (755 trees) of pedunculate oak Quercus robur in North Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Crimea, and the Caucasus using 14 nuclear microsatellite loci (nSSR). To estimate the contribution of sessile oak Q. petraea to the genetic pool of Q. robur, six populations (109 trees) of Q. petraea were added to the analysis. Comparison was made with the previously obtained chloroplast DNA data. A low level of nuclear DNA introgression of Q. petraea in Q. robur