Development of microsatellite markers in order to study reproduction and gene flow in sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.)

As a native and valuable deciduous tree the sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) is used for many purposes of industry and handicraft and is not only important for garden and landscape management, but also for forestry because of its economic interest. In spite of its economic importance, our knowledge of the reproduction system and the genetic variation in populations as well as their genetic differentiation hardly goes beyond first experiences. In the present project, highly variable microsatellites will be developed as gene markers and applied to answer open questions concerning the dynamics of genetic structures and the reproduction system. In close relation to this, transfer distances of effective pollen and the origin of the observed spatially heterogeneous genetic structures will be inferred.

Members Finkeldey, Reiner (Leiter)
Gailing, Oliver (Mitarbeiter)
Hattemer, Hans Heinrich (Leiter)
Pandey, Madhav (Mitarbeiter)

Pandey, M., Gailing, O., Fischer, D., Hattemer, H.H. & R. Finkeldey. 2004. Characterization of microsatellite markers in sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). Molecular Ecology Primer Notes 4: 253-255.

Luo, Z.W., Zhang, Z., Pandey, M., Gailing, O., Hattemer, H.H. & R. Finkeldey. 2006. Modeling population genetic data in autotetraploid species. Genetics 172: 639-646.

Pandey, M., Gailing, O., Hattemer, H.H & R. Finkeldey. 2012. Spatial genetic structure of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). European Journal of Forest Research 131: 739-746.