20.500.12556/DKUM-98002 Genetic variability of Linnaea borealis - remnant of Eastern-Southeastern Alpine populations indicates a strong bottleneck and in situ glacial survival In a rapidly changing environment, habitat loss and fragmentation have primarily led to a decline in the numbers of numerous plant species. We compared the genetic variability of two small, isolated populations of Linnaea borealis L. with three populations from the core distribution area in the boreal region. The results show three main clusters, exemplars from the boreal distribution area being represented in all three clusters. The genetic variability within the two isolated Eastern-Southeastern Alpine populations was found to be very low, while genetic variability between them was very high. In addition, a low proportion of different genotypes was revealed in the Eastern-Southeastern Alpine populations as compared to the northern population. The high genetic variability between the two isolated Eastern-Southeastern Alpine populations indicates that most likely both are glacial relict populations, probably due to consecutive bottlenecks and long-term isolation under specific environmental conditions. Glacial relicts, which tend to be associated with endangered habitats, deserve urgent attention, especially when the recent anthropogenically-driven environmental crisis is considered. disjunct distributional range genetic variability glacial relict Linnaea borealis microsatellites disjunktno distribucijsko območje genetska variabilnost ledeniški relikt Linnaea borealis mikrosateliti true false true Sveučilište u Zagrebu Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Biološki odsjek Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2026-05-07 10:03:23 2026-05-07 10:03:24 2026-05-08 03:09:28 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 Zagreb 0 str. 25-34 št. 1 Letn. 85 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-03-27 582.976 229319171 10.37427/botcro-2026-001 0365-0588 RAZ_Pipenbaher_Natasa_2026.pdf RAZ_Pipenbaher_Natasa_2026.pdf 1 B3A20132657E192E3249058D5DBE2698 7edf64df86d0d6c69df3c32ef059ccac665acf12f3b12e47ee423d69ebcc891e 8ab71e7b-49eb-11f1-8cc3-00155d0001a1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=205878 https://doi.org/10.37427/botcro-2026-001 1 393bde37-49eb-11f1-8cc3-00155d0001a1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=205876 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0