Monuments Unveiled: Genetic Characterization of Large Old Chestnut (<i>Castanea sativa</i> Mill.) Trees Using Comparative Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Analysis

Monuments Unveiled: Genetic Characterization of Large Old Chestnut (<i>Castanea sativa</i> Mill.) Trees Using Comparative Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Analysis

Large old trees are extraordinary organisms. They not only represent a historical, landscape and environmental heritage of inestimable value, but they also witness a long history of environmental changes and human interventions, and constitute an as yet poorly known reserve of genetic variability wh...

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Main Authors: Claudia Mattioni, Liliana Ranzino, Marcello Cherubini, Luca Leonardi, Tommaso La Mantia, Simone Castellana, Fiorella Villani, Marco Cosimo Simeone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
<i>Castanea sativa</i>
nuclear microsatellite
plastid DNA
genetic diversity
domestication
conservation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/10/1118

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