Clone Size of Andropogon gerardii Vitman (Big Bluestem) at Konza Prairie, Kansas

Clone size of plants of Andropogon gerardii from Konza Prairie Biological Station, Manhattan, Kansas was estimated from spatial patterns of genetic variation, using proteins detected by starch gel electrophoresis and DNA content (ploidy) measured by flow cytometry. Unique multi-locus protein banding...

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Published inThe American midland naturalist Vol. 147; no. 2; pp. 295 - 304
Main Authors KEELER, KATHLEEN H, WILLIAMS, CHARLES F, VESCIO, LINDA S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Notre Dame University of Notre Dame 01.04.2002
American Midland Naturalist
Subjects
Cloning
Contents
DNA
Enzymes
Flowers & plants
Gels
Genetic variation
Genetics
Phenotypes
Plants
Ploidies
Population genetics
Prairies
Tallgrass prairies
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Summary:Clone size of plants of Andropogon gerardii from Konza Prairie Biological Station, Manhattan, Kansas was estimated from spatial patterns of genetic variation, using proteins detected by starch gel electrophoresis and DNA content (ploidy) measured by flow cytometry. Unique multi-locus protein banding patterns and differences in ploidy were used to exclude plants as members of the same clone. Individual clones averaged about 2 m in diameter and areas of prairie of 100 m2 were calculated to contain an average of 31.8 genetic individuals.
ISSN:0003-0031
1938-4238
DOI:10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0295:CSOAGV]2.0.CO;2