Genetic diversity and population structure of an extremely endangered species: the world's largest Rhododendron

doi:10.1093/aobpla/plu082

	Genetic diversity and population structure of an extremely endangered species: the world's largest Rhododendron
	Wu, Fu Qin; Shen, Shi Kang; Zhang, Xin Jun; Wang, Yue Hua; Sun, Wei Bang
	2015
发表期刊	AOB PLANTS
卷号	7
摘要	Comprehensive studies on the genetic diversity and structure of endangered species are urgently needed to promote effective conservation and management activities. The big tree rhododendron, Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum, is a highly endangered species with only two known endemic populations in a small area in the southern part of Yunnan Province in China. Unfortunately, limited information is available regarding the population genetics of this species. Therefore, we conducted amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis to characterize the genetic diversity and variation of this species within and between remaining populations. Twelve primer combinations of AFLP produced 447 unambiguous and repetitious bands. Among these bands, 298 (66.67 %) were polymorphic. We found high genetic diversity at the species level (percentage of polymorphic loci = 66.67 %, h = 0.240, I = 0.358) and lowgenetic differentiation (G(st) = 0.110) between the two populations. Gene flow between populations (N-m) was relatively high at 4.065. Analysis of molecular variance results revealed that 22 % of the genetic variation was partitioned between populations and 78 % of the genetic variation was within populations. The presence of moderate to high genetic diversity and low genetic differentiation in the two populations can be explained by life history traits, pollen dispersal and high gene flow (Nm = 4.065). Bayesian structure and principal coordinate analysis revealed that 56 sampled trees were clustered into two groups. Our results suggest that some rare and endangered species are able to maintain high levels of genetic diversity even at small population sizes. These results will assist with the design of conservation and management programmes, such as in situ and ex situ conservation, seed collection for germplasm conservation and reintroduction.
关键词	Aflp Markers Big Tree Rhododendron Conservation Strategies Genetic Diversity Rhododendron Protistum Var. Giganteum Small Population
DOI	10.1093/aobpla/plu082
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000349599600002
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/20430
专题	资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming Bot Garden, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wu, Fu Qin,Shen, Shi Kang,Zhang, Xin Jun,et al. Genetic diversity and population structure of an extremely endangered species: the world's largest Rhododendron[J]. AOB PLANTS,2015,7.
APA	Wu, Fu Qin,Shen, Shi Kang,Zhang, Xin Jun,Wang, Yue Hua,&Sun, Wei Bang.(2015).Genetic diversity and population structure of an extremely endangered species: the world's largest Rhododendron.AOB PLANTS,7.
MLA	Wu, Fu Qin,et al."Genetic diversity and population structure of an extremely endangered species: the world's largest Rhododendron".AOB PLANTS 7(2015).

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