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Effect of Soil Conditions on the Level of Genetic Diversity in the Xerohalophyte Kochiaprostrata (L.) Schrad. (Chenopodiaceae)

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Genetic polymorphism has been analyzed in Kochia prostrata populations growing on different soils with contrasting salt contents in eight variants of desert steppe plant communities. All the populations are characterized by a deficiency of heterozygotes (11.1–77.5%), with populations growing on different soil types showing significant differences in the level of observed heterozygosity. Significant genetic differentiation between two populations on dark-humus solonchaks indicates that soil conditions may have an effect not only on the level of diversity but also on the genetic structure of populations.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-016-00129a).

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  1. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276, Moscow, Russia

    E. V. Shuyskaya

  2. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. D. Nukhimovskaya

  3. Dokuchaev Soil Institute, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    M. P. Lebedeva & A. E. Churilina

  4. Institute of Forestry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 143030, Uspenskoe, Russia

    A. V. Kolesnikov

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Shuyskaya, E.V., Nukhimovskaya, Y.D., Lebedeva, M.P. et al. Effect of Soil Conditions on the Level of Genetic Diversity in the Xerohalophyte Kochiaprostrata (L.) Schrad. (Chenopodiaceae). Russ J Ecol 51, 118–126 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413620020101

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