DNA fingerprinting validates seed dispersal curves from observational studies in the neotropical legume parkia.

Background: Determining the distances over which seeds are dispersed is a crucial component for examining spatial patterns of seed dispersal and their consequences for plant reproductive success and population structure. However, following the fate of individual seeds after removal from the source tree till deposition at a distant place is generally extremely difficult. Here we provide a comparison of observationally and genetically determined seed dispersal distances and dispersal curves in a Neotropical animal-plant system.

Genetic structure and seed-mediated dispersal rates of an endangered shrub in a fragmented landscape: a case study for Juniperus communis in northwestern Europe.

Background: Population extinction risk in a fragmented landscape is related to the differential ability of the species to spread its genes across the landscape. The impact of landscape fragmentation on plant population dynamics will therefore vary across different spatial scales. We quantified successful seed-mediated dispersal of the dioecious shrub Juniperus communis in a fragmented landscape across northwestern Europe by using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers.

Characterization of nuclear microsatellite loci in the Neotropical tree Parkia panurensis (Fabaceae).

Premise Of The Study: We present here a set of nine polymorphic nuclear microsatellite loci, identified for the first time within the neotropical legume tree species Parkia panurensis Benth. ex H. C.

Identification and characterization of 12 microsatellite loci in Cnidium dubium (Apiaceae) using next-generation sequencing.

Premise Of The Study: We present a set of 12 polymorphic nuclear microsatellite loci, identified for the first time within the herbaceous plant species Cnidium dubium (Schkuhr) Thell. using next-generation sequencing.

Methods And Results: To characterize these loci, 40 plants were analyzed genetically.