Population genetics and reproduction biology of Populus euphratica Oliv. (Salicaceae) at the Tarim River, Xinjiang Province, NW China [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Pascal Eusemann

Population genetics and reproduction biology of Populus euphratica OLIV. (Salicaceae) at the Tarim River, Xinjiang Province, NW China I n a u g u r a l d i s s e r t a t i o n zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald vorgelegt von Pascal Eusemann geboren am 18.02.1981 in Freiburg i. Br. Greifswald, im Januar 2010 Dean: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fesser First reviewer: Prof. Dr. Martin Schnittler Second reviewer: Prof. Dr. Vladimir Douhovnikoff Date of dissertation defence: 23.04.2010 Contents 1. Summary . . . . . . . . . 7 1.1 English . . . . . . . . . 9 1.2 German . . . . . . . . . 11 2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 13 3. Publications . . . . . . . . . 23 3.1 Development of two multiplex SSR assays for high- . . . . . . . . . 25 throughput genotyping in Populus euphratica. 3.2 Consequences of genotyping errors for estimation of . . . . . . . . . 29 clonality: a case study on Populus euphratica Oliv. (Salicaceae) 3.3 Root suckering patterns in Populus euphratica . . . . . . . . . 49 (Euphrates poplar, Salicaceae). 3.