INSTYTUT DENDROLOGII

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Maria Ratajczak

Research interests

Laboratory of Molecular Biology was created on the 1st of September 2003. We are interested in applying molecular markers to study spatial and genetic structures of population, natural hybridization, adaptation, molecular phylogenetics of native tree species. We also use allozymes markers to describe genetic variation of population and study trees' mating system.

List of selected grants and scientific studies:

• Geographic structure of Norway Spruce mtDNA polymorphism in Poland.
  The project is financed by The Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
• Development of molecular based methods for identification and early evaluation of reforestation material and implementation of the methods to the forestry.
  The project is financed by The National Forests and worked in cooperation with the Department of Genetics, University of Bydgoszcz and Forest Research Institute.
• Reproductive processes on Norway Spruce second generation seeds plantation.
  The project is financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and worked in cooperation with The Laboratory of Genetics ID PAS.
• Genetic and geographic differentiation of Juniperus oxycedrus L. and related taxa of Juniperus genus (Cupressaceae) from Pleistocene refugia.
  The project is financed by The Ministry of Science and Higher Education and worked in cooperation with the Laboratory of Systematic and Geography ID PAS.
• Adaptation, speciation and phylogeography of the taxa from the Pinus mugo complex in Europe.
  Grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland.
• Genomics of adaptive variation and demography in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.).
  Grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland.

Selected publications:

• Wójkiewicz B., Żukowska W., Urbaniak L., Kowalczyk J., Litkowiec M., Lewandowski A. 2019. Określenie pochodzenia wyłączonych drzewostanów nasiennych sosny rychtalskiej (Pinus sylvestris L.) z wykorzystaniem markerów mikrosatelitarnych. Sylwan 163: 637-644.
• Chudzińska M., Litkowiec M., Pałucka M., Pasławska A., Lewandowski A., Kozioł C. 2019. Struktura klonalna wiązu polnego (Ulmus minor Mill.) w Polsce. Sylwan 163: 839-845.
• Lewandowski A. 2019. Modelowa plantacja nasienna modrzewia polskiego w Nadleśnictwie Wejherowo. Las Polski 3: 12-13.
• Lewandowski A., Chmura D., Wójkiewicz B., Żukowska W. 2019. Hodowla lasu w zmieniającym się klimacie. Academia 3-4/59-60: 19-21.
• Zaborowska J., Labiszak B., Wachowiak W. 2019. Population history of European mountain pines Pinus mugo and Pinus uncinata revealed by mitochondrial DNA markers. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, DOI: 10.1111/jse.12520.
• Labiszak B., Zaborowska J., Wachowiak W. 2019. Patterns of mtDNA variation reveal complex evolutionary history of relict and endangered peat bog pine (Pinus uliginosa). AOB Plants 11, article number plz015.
• Hebda A.M., Wachowiak W. 2019. Heterogeneous patterns of genetic variation at nuclear genes and quantitative traits in a Scots pine provenance trial. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 88, article number 3623.
• Wójkiewicz B., Żukowska W., Wachowiak W., Lewandowski A. 2019. The genetic assessment of the natural regeneration capacities of black poplar populations in the modern river valley landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management 448: 150-159.
• Litkowiec M., Lewandowski A., Burczyk J. 2018. Genetic status of Polish larch (Larix decidua subsp. polonica (Racib. Domin)) from Chełmowa Mountain: implications for gene conservation. Dendrobiology  80: 101-111.
• Pietras M., Litkowiec M., Golebiewska J. 2018. Current and potential distribution of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus lakei ((Murrill) AH Sm. & Thiers) in its invasion range. Mycorrhiza 28: 467-475.
• Wachowiak W., Perry A., Donnelly K., Cavers S. 2018. Early phenology and growth trait variation in closely related European pine species. Ecology and Evolution 8(1): 655–666.
• Litkowiec M., Lewandowski A., Wachowiak W. 2018. Genetic variation in Taxus baccata L.: A case study supporting Poland's protection and restoration program. Forest Ecology and Management 2018; 409: 148-160.
• González-Díaz P., Jump A.S., Perry A., Wachowiak W., Lapshina E., Cavers S. 2017. Ecology and management history drive spatial genetic structure in Scots pine. Forest Ecology and Management 400: 68-76.
• Donnelly K., Cottrell J., Ennos RA., Vendramin GG., A'Hara S., King S. Perry A., Wachowiak W., Cavers S. 2017. Reconstructing the plant mitochondrial genome for marker discovery: a case study using Pinus. Molecular Ecology Resources 17(5): 943-954.
• Hebda A.M., Wójkiewicz B., Wachowiak W. 2017. Genetic characteristics of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Poland and reference populations based on nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite loci markers. Silva Fennica 51(2) article id 172.
• Lorenc-Plucińska G., Walentynowicz M., Lewandowski A. 2017. Poplar growth and wood production on a grassland irrigated for decades with potato starch wastewater. Agroforestry Systems 91: 307-324.
• Żukowska W.B., Boratyńska K., Wachowiak W. 2017. Comparison of range-wide chloroplast microsatellite and needle trait variation patterns in Pinus mugo Turra (dwarf mountain pine). IForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 10: 250-258.
• Lewandowski A., Litkowiec M. 2017. Genetic structure of the old black poplar population along the bank of the Vistula river in Poland. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 86 (1) 3524.
• Żukowska WB., Wachowiak W. 2017. Nuclear microsatellite markers reveal the low genetic structure of Pinus mugo Turra (dwarf mountain pine) populations in Europe. Plant Systematics and Evolution 303(5): 641-651.
• Żukowska W.B., Wojkiewicz B., Litkowiec M., Wachowiak W. 2017. Cross-amplification and multiplexing of cpSSRs and nSSRs in two closely related pine species (Pinus sylvestris L. and P. mugo Turra). Dendrobiology 77: 59-64.
• Wachowiak W., Żukowska W.B., Wójkiewicz B., Cavers S., Litkowiec M. 2016. Hybridization in contact zone between temperate European pine species. Tree Genetics & Genomes 12 (3), article number 48.
• Wójkiewicz B., Cavers S., Wachowiak W. 2016. Current Approaches and Perspectives in Population Genetics of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Forest Science 62: 343-354.
• Perry A., Wachowiak W., Brown A.W., Ennos R.A., Cottrell J.E., Cavers S. 2016. Substantial heritable variation for susceptibility to Dothistroma septosporum within populations of native British Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Plant Pathology, DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12528
• Wójkiewicz B., Wachowiak W. 2016. Substructuring of Scots pine in Europe based on polymorphism at chloroplast microsatellite loci. Flora 220: 142-149
• Żukowska B.W., Wachowiak W. 2016. Utility of closely related taxa for genetic studies of adaptive variation and speciation: Current state and perspectives in plants with focus on forest tree species. Journal of  Systematics and Evolution, 54: 17-28
• Wachowiak W., Cavers S., Żukowska W. 2015. Interspecific gene flow and ecological selection in a pine (Pinus sp.) contact zone. Plant Systematics and Evolution 301: 1643-1652.
• Wachowiak W., Trivedi U., Perry A., Cavers S. 2015. Comparative transcriptomics of a complex of four European pine species. BMC Genomics 16: 234.
• Kalemba E.M., Litkowiec M. 2015.  Functional characterization of a dehydrin protein from Fagus sylvatica seeds using experimental and in silico approaches. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 97: 246-254.
• Sękiewicz K., Dering M., Sękiewicz M., Boratyńska K., Iszkuło G., Litkowiec M., Ok T., Bou Dagher-Kharrat M., Boratyński A. 2015. Effect of geographic range discontinuity on species differentiation East-Mediterranean Abies cilicica: a case study. Tree Genetics & Genomes 11: 810.
• Litkowiec M., Plita-Michalak B., Lewandowski A., Iszkuło G. 2015. Homogenous genetic structure in populations of Taxus baccata with varied proportions of male and female individuals. Silva Fennica 49(4) article id 1236.14p.
• Chmielewski M., Meyza K., Chybicki I.J., Dzialuk A., Litkowiec M., Burczyk J. 2015. Chloroplast microsatellites as a tool for phylogeographic studies the case of white oaks in Poland. iForest (early view): e1-e7.
• Wachowiak W. (2015). Genetic relationships between Polish and reference populations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Europe based on nucleotide polymorphism study at nuclear loci. Sylwan 159: 53-61
• Wachowiak W., Wόjkiewicz B., Cavers S., Lewandowski A. 2014. High genetic similarity between Polish and North European Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations at nuclear gene loci. Tree Genetics & Genomes 10: 1015-1025.
• Wojnicka-Półtorak A., Wachowiak W., Prus-Głowacki W., Celinski K., Korczyk A. 2014. Genetic heterogeneity in age classes of naturally regenerated old growth forest of Picea abies (L.) Karst. Silvae Genetica 63: 185-190.
• Boratynski A., Wachowiak W., Dering M., Boratynska K., Sekiewicz K., et al. 2014. The biogeography and genetic relationships of Juniperus oxycedrus and related taxa from the Mediterranean and Macaronesian regions. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 174: 637-653.
• Wachowiak W., Boratyńska K., Cavers S. 2013. Geographical patterns of nucleotide diversity and population differentiation in three closely related European pine species in the Pinus mugo complex. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 225-238.
• Wachowiak W., Lason G.R., Cavers S. 2013. Among population differentiation at nuclear genes in native Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Scotland. Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 208: 79-86.
• Wachowiak W., Palmé A.E., Savolainen O. 2011. Speciation history of three closely related pines Pinus mugo (T.), P. uliginosa (N.) and P. sylvestris (L.). Molecular Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05037.x.
• Salmela M. J., Cavers S., Wachowiak W., Cottrell J. E., Iason G. R., Ennos R. A. 2010. Understanding the evolution of native pinewoods in Scotland will benefit their future management and conservation. Forestry, doi:10.1093/forestry/cpq036.
• Wachowiak W., Salmela M.J., Ennos R.E., Iason G., Cavers S. 2010. High genetic diversity at the extreme range edge: nucleotide variation at nuclear loci in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Scotland. Heredity, doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.118
• Jasińska A.K., Wachowiak W., Muchewicz E., Boratyńska K., Montserrat J.M., Boratyński A. 2010. Cryptic hybrids between Pinus uncinata and P. sylvestris. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 473-485.
• Trocha L.K., Mucha J., Eissenstat D.M., Reich P.B., Oleksyn J. 2010. Ectomycorrhizal identity determines respiration and concentrations of nitrogen and non-structural carbohydrates in root tips: a test using Pinus sylvestris and Quercus robur saplings. Tree Physiology 30: 648-54.
• Dering M., Lewandowski A. 2009. Finding the meeting zone: Where have the northern and southern ranges of Norway spruce overlapped? Forest Ecology and Management 259: 229-235.
• Litkowiec M., Dering M., Lewandowski A. 2009. Utility of two mitochondrial markers for identification of Picea abies refugial origin. Dendrobiology 61: 65-71.
• Wachowiak W., Prus-Głowacki W. 2009. Different patterns of genetic structure of relict and isolated populations of endangered peat-bog pine (Pinus uliginosa Neumann). Journal of Applied Genetics 50: 329-339.
• Wachowiak W., Balk P.A., Savolainen O. 2009. Search for nucleotide diversity patterns of local adaptation in dehydrins and other cold-related candidate genes in Scots pine (P. sylvestris L.). Tree Genetics & Genomes 5: 117-132
• Palmé A.E, Pyhäjärvi T., Wachowiak W., Savolainen O. 2009. Selection on Nuclear Genes in a Pinus Phylogeny. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26: 893-905.
• Chałupka W., Mejnartowicz L, Lewandowski A. 2008. Reconstruction of a lost forest tree population: A case study of Nowary spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.). Forest Ecology and Management 255: 2103-2108.
• Dering M., Lewandowski A., Ufnalski K., Kędzierska A. 2008. How far to the east was the migration of white oaks from the Iberia refugium? Silva Fennica 42: 327-335.
• Wachowiak W., Prus-Głowacki W. 2008. Hybridization processes in sympatric populations of pines Pinus sylvestris L., P. mugo Turra and P. uliginosa Neumann. Plant Systematics and Evolution DOI 10.1007/s00606-007-0609-z.
• Dering M., Lewandowski A. 2007. Unexpected disproportion observed in species composition between oak mixed stands and their progeny populations. Annals of Forest Science 64: 413-418.
•  Kosinska J., Lewandowski A., Chalupka W. 2007. Genetic Variability of Scots Pine Maternal Populations and Their Progenies. Silva Fennica 41: 5-12.
• Wachowiak W., Bączkiewicz A., Chudzińska E., Buczkowska K. 2007. Cryptic speciation in bryophytes - a case study in the Aneura pinguis. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 155: 273-282.
• Wachowiak W., Odrzykoski I., Myczko Ł., Prus-Głowacki W. 2006. Lack of evidence on hybrid swarm in the sympatric population of Pinus mugo and P. sylvestris. Flora 4: 307-316.
• Wachowiak W., Stephan B.R., Schulze I., Prus-Głowacki W., Ziegenhagen B. 2006. A critical evaluation of reproductive barriers between closely related species using DNA markers - a case study in Pinus. Plant Systematics and Evolution 257: 1-8.
• Lewandowski A., Dering M. 2006. Crossability between Pinus uliginosa and its putative parental species Pinus sylvestris and Pinus mugo. Silvae Genetica 55: 52-54.
• Buczkowska K., Adamczak M., Chudzińska E., Wachowiak W., Bączkiewicz A. 2006. In vitro propagation of cryptic species of Aneura pinguis. Cryptogamie Briologie 27: 241-251. (Hepaticae, Metzgeriales).
• Lewandowski A., Burczyk J., Wachowiak W., Boratyński A., Prus-Głowacki W. 2005. Genetic evaluation of seeds of highly endangered Pinus uliginosa Neumann from Wegliniec reserve for ex-situ conservation program. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 74: 237-242.
• Bączkiewicz A., Buczkowska K., Wachowiak W. 2005. Anatomical and morphological variability of needles of Pinus mugo Turra on different substrata in the Tatra Mountains. Biological Letters 42: 21-32.
• Wachowiak W., Celiński K., Prus-Głowacki W. 2005. Evidence of natural reciprocal hybridisation between Pinus uliginosa and P. sylvestris in the sympatric population of the species. Flora 200, 563-568.
• Adamczak M., Buczkowska K., Baczkiewicz A., Wachowiak W. 2005. Comparison of allozyme variability in Polish populations of two species of Ptilidium Nees (Hepaticae) with contrasting degrees of sexual reproduction. Cryptogamie Bryologie 26: 151-165.
• Wachowiak W., Lewandowski A., Prus-Głowacki W. 2005. Reciprocal controlled crosses betweenPinus sylvestris and P. mugo verified by a species-specific cpDNA marker. Journal of Applied Genetics 46: 41-43.
• Wachowiak W., Bączkiewicz A., Celiński K., Prus-Głowacki W. 2004. Species-specific chloroplast DNA polymorphism in the trnV-rbcL region in Pinus sylvestris and P. mugo. Dendrobiology 51: 67-72.
• Boratyński A., Boratyńska K., Lewandowski A., Gołąb Z., Kiciński P. 2003. Evidence of the possibility of natural reciprocal crosses between Pinus sylvestris and P. uliginosa based on the phenology of reproductive organs. Flora 198: 377-388.