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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Doklady Biological Sciences</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Doklady Biological Sciences</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Доклады Российской академии наук. Науки о жизни</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2686-7389</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-5057</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">684004</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S2686738925020047</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Search and verification of <italic>Betula nana L.</italic> hybrid samples in the Urals</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Поиск и верификация гибридных образцов <italic>Betula nana</italic> L. На Урале</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Medvedeva</surname><given-names>S. O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Медведева</surname><given-names>С. О.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>so.medvedeva@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Cherepanova</surname><given-names>O. E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Черепанова</surname><given-names>О. Е.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>so.medvedeva@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Petrova</surname><given-names>I. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Петрова</surname><given-names>И. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>so.medvedeva@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Teptina</surname><given-names>A. Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тептина</surname><given-names>А. Ю.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>so.medvedeva@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Botanical Garden, UrB RAS</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Ботанический сад УрО РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Ural Federal University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГАОУ ВО “Уральский федеральный университет имени первого Президента России Б.Н. Ельцина”</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-04-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>521</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>193</fpage><lpage>197</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-06-11"><day>11</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-06-11"><day>11</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/2686-7389/article/view/684004">https://journals.eco-vector.com/2686-7389/article/view/684004</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Using the flow cytometry method, hybrid samples were verified in <italic>B. nana</italic> populations, most of which were identified in the northern part of the Ural Mountains. Analysis of the ITS1 region nucleotide sequences obtained using the Sanger method showed low differentiation of <italic>B. nana</italic> and <italic>B. pubescens</italic> species associated with current and ancestral hybridization processes. Analysis of intragenomic polymorphism of ITS1 sequences using Illumina technology revealed the presence of rDNA of both <italic>B. nana</italic> and <italic>B. pubescens </italic>in<italic> </italic>first-generation interspecific hybrids genome.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>С помощью метода проточной цитометрии верифицированы гибридные образцы в популяциях <italic>B</italic><italic>. nana</italic>, большая часть которых выявлена в северной части Уральских гор. Анализ нуклеотидных последовательностей региона ITS1, полученных по методу Сэнгера, показал низкую дифференциацию видов <italic>B</italic><italic>. nana</italic> и <italic>B</italic><italic>. </italic><italic>Pubescens</italic><italic>,</italic> связанную с текущими и предковыми процессами гибридизации. Анализ внутригеномного полиморфизма последовательностей ITS1 с помощью технологии Illumina показал наличие рДНК как <italic>B</italic><italic>. nana, </italic>так и <italic>B</italic><italic>. </italic><italic>pubescens</italic> в геноме межвидовых гибридов первого поколения.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>rDNA</kwd><kwd>ITS1</kwd><kwd>dwarf birch</kwd><kwd>downy birch</kwd><kwd>NGS</kwd><kwd>flow cytometry</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>рДНК</kwd><kwd>ITS1</kwd><kwd>береза карликовая</kwd><kwd>береза пушистая</kwd><kwd>NGS</kwd><kwd>проточная цитометрия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский научный фонд</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">Russian Science Foundation</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>23-24-00598</award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta><fn-group><fn xml:lang="en"><p>Presented by Academician of the RAS V.N. 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