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Conifers from the cold

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Environmental Stress, Adaptation and Evolution

Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum ((EXS,volume 83))

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Northern boreal environments have short growing seasons and cold winters. In the northern populations of Scots pine, pollen and seed production are low, seed maturation has low probability, early survival is low and growth is slow. Northern Scots pine populations are genetically differentiated from southern Finnish ones in many of the traits that confer adaptation to harsh conditions, such as cold tolerance and timing of bud set in the fall. As opposed to this pattern, marker gene frequencies through this area are uniform. Abundant pollen flow equalises allelic frequencies, but strong natural selection can lead to differentiation in some parts of the genome. There is also much genetic variation within the populations for important quantitative traits. Molecular genetic methods will provide more detailed information on the nature of the genetic basis of this variation. While the general patterns of variation in Scots pine are similar to those of many other conifers, there are differences in the physiological mechanisms of adaptation.

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