Contact zones of cytotypes harbour a unique opportunity to study the dynamics and evolution of mixed-ploidy systems. Butomus umbellatus (flowering rush) is one of a few species in which diploid and triploid cytotype is present in nature. The first known mixed-ploidy populations of B. umbellatus were discovered in south-eastern Slovakia during the previous studies. Common occurrence of the species in an area with substantially natural dynamics of wetland ecosystems represents a unique model system for unbiased comparisons of traits and genetic diversity between diploid and triploid individuals along with their dispersal capabilities on a landscape level. The main aim of of this thesis is to uncover the truth behind evolutionary processes that are taking place in the contact zone of diploid and triplioid cytotype of B. umbellatus in south-eastern Slovakia. Using flow cytometry and molecular methods (microsatellites) we will test whether this is a primary or secondary contact zone and assess the level of genetic variability between individuals and populations of both cytotypes. Using the analysis od microsatellite loci we discovered that the contact zone of cytotype is of both primary and secondary character and gene flow between cytotypes was also detected. These results were supported by high production and...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:452826 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Petříková, Eliška |
| Contributors | Čertner, Martin, Prančl, Jan |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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