Zostera marina microsatellites
| by Arnaud-Haond et al. |
| manuscript in preparation |
| Output type: data |
The seagrass
Zostera marina has an extensive distribution in the Northern hemisphere and
this dataset of 7 meadows collected with two quadrates per replicate was
gathered to focused on i) its diversity in Brittany, that has been shown as a
hotspot for genetic diversity, ii) also its high phenotypic plasticity as we
also aimed at assessing the status of the morph \\\\\\\'angustifolia\\\\\\\' that appears as
a connecting entity in the core part of the network, supporting its status as
an ecotype rather than a different species, and iii)its fine grained genetic
structure that has shown a for of genetic patchiness similar to that observed
for many marine invertebrates, suggesting a patchwork and heterogeneous
composition of meadows likely due to the integration of successive events of
recruitment through \\\\\\\'windows of opportunity\\\\\\\', and questioning the usefulness of
the genetic concept of population for this kind of clonal species.
