scholarly journals Genetic variation in chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA in Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma, Cupressaceae): evidence for interspecific gene flow

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall G. Terry ◽  
Robert S. Nowak ◽  
Robin J. Tausch
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Gene Flow ◽  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Interspecific Gene Flow ◽  
Juniperus Osteosperma ◽  
Utah Juniper

Ecotypic variation of Gremmeniella abietina in northern Europe: disease patterns reflected by DNA variation

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 1531-1539 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hellgren ◽  
N. Högberg
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Intergenic Spacer ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Restriction Enzyme Digestion ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Northern Fennoscandia ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Genetic variation in Gremmeniella abietina isolated from Pinus sylvestris, Pinus contorta, and Picea abies in southern and northern Fennoscandia was studied with arbitrary primed polymerase chain reaction. Fennoscandian G. abietina isolates were clearly separated into two ecotypically distinct groups based on their amplified banding patterns. Analysis of variance based on amplified fragments, AMOVA, and principal component analysis confirmed the separation of the isolates into the two groups. One group contained isolates associated with a disease syndrome affecting young trees covered by deep snow during winter in northern Fennoscandia. The second group of isolates was found on trees between 15 and 40 years old, scattered throughout the crowns. It occurs throughout Fennoscandia but is most frequent in the southern parts. No size polymorphism was found in fragments resulting after restriction enzyme digestion of internal transcribed spacer and intergenic spacer regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA. An estimate of gene flow between populations calculated based on amplified band frequencies, FST, indicated that there was restricted genetic exchange between populations of the two groups of isolates. Key words: Gremmeniella abietina, arbitrary primed polymerase chain reaction, genetic variation, ecotypes, ribosomal DNA.

scholarly journals Molecular Signatures of Reticulate Evolution within the Complex of European Pine Taxa

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 489
Author(s):  
Bartosz Łabiszak ◽  
Witold Wachowiak
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Reticulate Evolution ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Interspecific Gene Flow ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Variation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Best Fitting ◽  
Species Integrity

Speciation mechanisms, including the role of interspecific gene flow and introgression in the emergence of new species, are the major focus of evolutionary studies. Inference of taxonomic relationship between closely related species may be challenged by past hybridization events, but at the same time, it may provide new knowledge about mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of species integrity despite interspecific gene flow. Here, using nucleotide sequence variation and utilizing a coalescent modeling framework, we tested the role of hybridization and introgression in the evolutionary history of closely related pine taxa from the Pinus mugo complex and P. sylvestris. We compared the patterns of polymorphism and divergence between taxa and found a great overlap of neutral variation within the P. mugo complex. Our phylogeny reconstruction indicated multiple instances of reticulation events in the past, suggesting an important role of interspecific gene flow in the species divergence. The best-fitting model revealed P. mugo and P. uncinata as sister species with basal P. uliginosa and asymmetric migration between all investigated species after their divergence. The magnitude of interspecies gene flow differed greatly, and it was consistently stronger from representatives of P. mugo complex to P. sylvestris than in the opposite direction. The results indicate the prominent role of reticulation evolution in those forest trees and provide a genetic framework to study species integrity maintained by selection and local adaptation.

scholarly journals Phylogeography of Prunus armeniaca L. revealed by chloroplast DNA and nuclear ribosomal sequences

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Wen Li ◽  
Li-Qiang Liu ◽  
Qiu-Ping Zhang ◽  
Wei-Quan Zhou ◽  
Guo-Quan Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Population Expansion ◽  
Prunus Armeniaca ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Glacial Refugium ◽  
Ili River Valley ◽  
Wild Apricot

AbstractTo clarify the phytogeography of Prunus armeniaca L., two chloroplast DNA fragments (trnL-trnF and ycf1) and the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) were employed to assess genetic variation across 12 P. armeniaca populations. The results of cpDNA and ITS sequence data analysis showed a high the level of genetic diversity (cpDNA: HT = 0.499; ITS: HT = 0.876) and a low level of genetic differentiation (cpDNA: FST = 0.1628; ITS: FST = 0.0297) in P. armeniaca. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that most of the genetic variation in P. armeniaca occurred among individuals within populations. The value of interpopulation differentiation (NST) was significantly higher than the number of substitution types (GST), indicating genealogical structure in P. armeniaca. P. armeniaca shared genotypes with related species and may be associated with them through continuous and extensive gene flow. The haplotypes/genotypes of cultivated apricot populations in Xinjiang, North China, and foreign apricot populations were mixed with large numbers of haplotypes/genotypes of wild apricot populations from the Ili River Valley. The wild apricot populations in the Ili River Valley contained the ancestral haplotypes/genotypes with the highest genetic diversity and were located in an area considered a potential glacial refugium for P. armeniaca. Since population expansion occurred 16.53 kyr ago, the area has provided a suitable climate for the population and protected the genetic diversity of P. armeniaca.

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