Refugia and Post-Glacial Movement of Beech in Greece
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Transcript of Refugia and Post-Glacial Movement of Beech in Greece
A.C. Papageorgiou (1), S. Hatziskakis (1), I. Tsiripidis (2), R. Finkeldey (3)
(1)Democritus University of ThraceForest Genetics Laboratory
Orestiada, Greece(2)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Biology Faculty, Laboratory of Plant Systematics and Plant Geography, Greece(3)Georg August Universität Göttingen
Institute of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Germany
Refugia and postglacial movement of beech in Greece
Beech in Europe
• Most important broadleaved tree species• Covers large part of Europe• Was restricted in refugia
– Italy– Balkans
• Several refugia
– Other refugia• Slovenia• S. France
• Current beech expansion in Europe derives from refugial postglacial lineages
Pollen data
Huntley & Birks 1983
cpDNA
Uniformity of cpDNA haplotypes in Central and Northern Europe– Different haplotypes in Italy and the Balcans
• Possible scenario– European beech populations derive from the Balkan refugia– Italian lineage was blocked by the Alpes
• Most recent scenario (Magri et al. 2006)– Balkan refugial lineages did not expand to the north– Current beech expansion in Europe derives from Slovenia and
S. France– Migration to the south was possible through the mountains
SSR cpDNA haplotypes
Beech distribution in Greece
Moulopoulos, 1965
Tsiripidis, 2001
Beech in Greece
• Mountainous “island” populations• Broad range of ecological conditions• One species, with two interfertile subspecies
– Fagus sylvatica var. sylvatica– Fagus sylvatica var. orientalis
• At least two glacial refugia (pollen data)• Possible introgression zone in NE• High haplotype diversity
Aim
• Describe cpDNA profile of beech in Greece– Cover whole distribution
• Describe postglacial lineages– Refugia– Introgression zones
Materials - methods
• 40 populations sampled covering the whole geographical range– 38 in Greece– 2 in European part of Turkey
• 5 trees / population
• 3 polymorphic SSR primers– Same ones used in other studies
• 13 haplotypes
Hatziskakis et al. 2009
Beech cpDNA patterns in Greece
• High overall variation• Very high differentiation among populations
– Low spatial geographic structure– High phyllogenetic subdivision
• Possible explanation– At least 3 refugial areas
• Pindos, Rodopi, Paggeo
– Distant and close-by lineages• North and Rodopi haplotypes migration
– Introgression between two subspecies• “orientalis” influence in eastern and central Greece
Hatziskakis et al. 2009
TCS haplotype network
• Mutational steps• Western and northern
haplotypes group together
• Eastern haplotypes have common origin with the Rodopi ones
• Possible common origin during past glacial periods– Or the arrows are wrong…
In conclusion
• Beech in Greece has a complex diversity pattern deriving from different lineages from close-by or distant refugia
• Introgression of the two subspecies is evident, especially in the north-east
• More than one post-glacial movements must have occurred
• For the future: – looking inside refugia and introgression zones– Compare with other Balkan populations
Thank you for your attention
Thanks to
Oliver Gailing Amaryllis Vidalis Nicolas G. Eliades Dimitrios Kasimiadis Giorgos Korakis