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Three Plantago species were surveyed for within- and between-population variation at DNA sequences detected with the M13 minisatellite probe. The levels and patterns of variation detected by this probe correspond to those expected from the mating systems of the species. The highly-selfing species P. major has a relatively low variability of minisatellite sequences within populations and considerable differentiation between populations. The outcrossing species P. lanceolata exhibits higher minisatellite variability within populations and moderate differentiation between populations. P. coronopus, with a mixed mating system, has levels of variation intermediate between P. major and P. lanceolata. The levels of variation within and between populations corresponds, in general, to the levels of allozyme variation determined in an earlier study. Mating system and population structure appear to have a major influence on M13-detected fragment variation.
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Wolff, K., Rogstad, S.H. & Schaal, B.A. Population and species variation of minisatellite DNA in Plantago . Theoret. Appl. Genetics 87, 733–740 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222899
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