Population history, genetic variation, and conservation status of European white elm (Ulmus laevis Pall.) in Poland

Key message

The core populations of the European white elm (Ulmus laevis Pall.) located in Poland maintained slightly higher level of genetic diversity compared to the peripheral populations of this species.

Keywords
Central-marginal populations; Bottleneck; Microsatellites; DED pandemic; Population structure

Publication
Litkowiec, M., Chudzińska, M., Pasławska, A. et al. Population history, genetic variation, and conservation status of European white elm (Ulmus laevis Pall.) in Poland. Annals of Forest Science 79, 38 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-022-01157-5

Data and/or Code availability
The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available in the RepOD repository, https://doi.org/10.18150/LLHKEX

Handling Editor
Bruno Fady