Seminars of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange
Speaker: Dr. Sabrina Träger is a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Botany, University of Tartu. Her research focuses on landscape genetics of grassland plant species.
Title of the talk: Landscape genetic analysis of Primula veris in Estonian alvar grasslands
Time: Thursday, 13. February 2020 at 14.15
Place: Tartu, Lai 40-218 (Vaga auditorium)
Summary: Fragmentation of semi-natural habitats due to management changes is one of the major threats to genetic diversity. Recent high-throughput genotyping enables the detection of numerous genetic markers distributed over the whole genome, including regions of adaptive relevance. Here, I will present results of a landscape genetic investigation of Primula veris populations in Estonian alvar grasslands to estimate the effect of habitat deterioration on the genetic diversity and adaptive potential of this valuable grassland species.
Cowslip aka Primula (pic from here)
