Can soil seed banks serve as genetic memory? A study of three species with contrasting life history strategies

0390596 - BÚ 2013 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Mandák, Bohumil - Zákravský, Petr - Mahelka, Václav - Plačková, Ivana
Can soil seed banks serve as genetic memory? A study of three species with contrasting life history strategies.
PLoS ONE. Roč. 7, č. 11 (2012). ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
Grant CEP: GA AV ČR IAA600050707; GA ČR(CZ) GAP504/11/0402
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Klíčová slova: seed bank * genetic memory * allozymes
Kód oboru RIV: EF - Botanika
Impakt faktor: 3.730, rok: 2012

We have shown that the summer seed bank is not genetically depleted by spring germination and that a majority of genetic diversity remains in the soil through summer. We suggest that seed banks in the species investigated play an important role by maintaining genetic diversity sufficient for recovery rather than by accumulating new genetic diversity at each locality.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0219637