Patterns of genetic variation in Swertia przewalskii, an endangered endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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	Patterns of genetic variation in Swertia przewalskii, an endangered endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
	Zhang, Defang ; Chen, Shilong ; Chen, Shengyun ; Zhang, Dejun ; Gao, Qingbo
	2007-02-01
发表期刊	BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS ; Zhang Defang, Chen Shilong, Chen Shengyun, Zhang Dejun,Gao Qingbo.Patterns of genetic variation in Swertia przewalskii, an endangered endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS,2007,45(1-2): 33-50
摘要	Swertia przewalskii Pissjauk. (Gentianaceae) is a critically endangered and endemic plant of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. RAPD and ISSR analyses were carried out on a total of 63 individuals to assess the extent of genetic variation in the remaining three populations. Percentage of polymorphic bands was 94% (156 bands) for RAPD and 96% (222 bands) for ISSR. A pairwise distance measure calculated from the RAPD and ISSR data was used as input for analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA). AMOVA indicated that a high proportion of the total genetic variation (52% for RAPD and 56% for ISSR) was found among populations; pairwise Phi(ST) comparisons showed that the three populations examined were significantly different (p < 0.001). Significant genetic differentiation was found based on different measures (AMOVA and Hickory theta(B)) in S. przewalskii (0.52 on RAPD and 0.56 on ISSR; 0.46 on RAPD and 0.45 on ISSR). The differentiation of the populations corresponded to low average gene flow (0.28 based on RAPD and 0.31 based on ISSR), whereas genetic distance-based clustering and coalescent-based assignment analyses revealed significant genetic isolation among populations. Our results indicate that genetic diversity is independent of population size. We conclude that although sexual reproduction and gene flow between populations of S. przewalskii are very limited, they have preserved high levels of genetic diversity. The main factors responsible for the high level of difference among populations are the isolation and recent fragmentation under human disturbance.; Swertia przewalskii Pissjauk. (Gentianaceae) is a critically endangered and endemic plant of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. RAPD and ISSR analyses were carried out on a total of 63 individuals to assess the extent of genetic variation in the remaining three populations. Percentage of polymorphic bands was 94% (156 bands) for RAPD and 96% (222 bands) for ISSR. A pairwise distance measure calculated from the RAPD and ISSR data was used as input for analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA). AMOVA indicated that a high proportion of the total genetic variation (52% for RAPD and 56% for ISSR) was found among populations; pairwise Phi(ST) comparisons showed that the three populations examined were significantly different (p < 0.001). Significant genetic differentiation was found based on different measures (AMOVA and Hickory theta(B)) in S. przewalskii (0.52 on RAPD and 0.56 on ISSR; 0.46 on RAPD and 0.45 on ISSR). The differentiation of the populations corresponded to low average gene flow (0.28 based on RAPD and 0.31 based on ISSR), whereas genetic distance-based clustering and coalescent-based assignment analyses revealed significant genetic isolation among populations. Our results indicate that genetic diversity is independent of population size. We conclude that although sexual reproduction and gene flow between populations of S. przewalskii are very limited, they have preserved high levels of genetic diversity. The main factors responsible for the high level of difference among populations are the isolation and recent fragmentation under human disturbance.
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/30422
专题	中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Defang,Chen, Shilong,Chen, Shengyun,et al. Patterns of genetic variation in Swertia przewalskii, an endangered endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J]. BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS, Zhang Defang, Chen Shilong, Chen Shengyun, Zhang Dejun,Gao Qingbo.Patterns of genetic variation in Swertia przewalskii, an endangered endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS,2007,45(1-2): 33-50,2007.
APA	Zhang, Defang,Chen, Shilong,Chen, Shengyun,Zhang, Dejun,&Gao, Qingbo.(2007).Patterns of genetic variation in Swertia przewalskii, an endangered endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS.
MLA	Zhang, Defang,et al."Patterns of genetic variation in Swertia przewalskii, an endangered endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS (2007).