Genetic Similarities among the Hair-Cap Mosses (Polytrichaceae) as Revealed by Enzyme Electrophoresis
Derda GS, Wyatt R, Hyvönen J. 1999. Genetic Similarities among the Hair-Cap Mosses (Polytrichaceae) as Revealed by Enzyme Electrophoresis. The Bryologist. 102(3):352-365
From the Abstract: "We used horizontal starch-gel electrophoresis to examine genetic similarities among 24 species of the Polytrichaceae. Mean genetic identity between species ranged from 0.281 to 0.998. Species of Oligotrichum and Pogonatum were genetically similar to their congeners and clearly differentiated from the other taxa. Species that have traditionally been placed in Polytrichum of the basis of their morphological characters were separated genetically into three groups. The first two gropus included taxa commonly recognized in Polytrichum sect. Polytrichum and sect. Juniperifolia. The third group consisted of some, but not all, of the taxa sometimes placed in the segregate genus Polytrichastrum."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Derda, Gregory; Wyatt, Robert; Hyvönen, Jaakko
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Fungi, Genetics, hair-cap moss (Polytrichaceae), Taxonomy