Genetic diversity and phylogeography of the rare riparian moss Dichelyma capillaceum (With.) Myr. inferred from trnL-F plastid DNA sequences

Abstract

The genetic relationships of Dichelyma capillaceum (With.) Myr. are studied from chloroplast sequences of the trnL-F region. On the basis of the molecular data obtained, the German population can be considered to be derived from Scandinavian(Swedish) rather than North American populations. To judge from the genetic distances between the Swedish and German populations, the separation must have occurred along time ago.

Keywords

• Mosses
• Dichelyma capillaceum
• genetic relationship
• phylogeography
• relictness