scholarly journals Genomic Phylogeography of Gymnocarpos przewalskii (Caryophyllaceae): Insights into Habitat Fragmentation in Arid Northwestern China

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 335
Author(s):  
Hong-Xiang Zhang ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Su-Wen Jia
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Northwestern China ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Conservation Units ◽  
Arid Northwestern China ◽  
Gymnocarpos Przewalskii ◽  
North Edge

Extensive range of deserts and gobis (rocks) had promoted habitat fragmentation of species in arid northwestern China. Distribution of endangered Gymnocarpos przewalskii Maxim. covers most of gobis (rocks) and desert terrain across arid regions of northwestern China. In the present study, we had employed genomic phylogeographical analysis to investigate population structure of G. przewalskii and test the effect of environmental conditions on spatial pattern of genetic diversity. Results showed four groups were identified from east to west: Edge of the Alxa Desert, Hexi Corridor, Hami Basin, and North edge of the Tarim Basin. Genetic diversity was at an equal level among four groups. General linear model (GLM) analysis showed spatial pattern of genetic diversity was significant correlated with three habitat variables including habitat suitability at present (Npre) and last glacial maximum (LGM) (NLGM) periods, and locality habitat stability (NStab). It concluded that habitat fragmentation had triggered lineage divergences of G. przewalskii in response to long-term aridification. Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) could increase the ability of clarifying population structures in comparison with traditional molecular markers. Spatial pattern of genetic diversity was determined by fragmented habitats with high habitat suitability (Npre and NLGM) and stability (NStab). At last, we propose to establish four conservation units which are in consistent with the population grouping to maintain the genetic integrity of this endangered species.

scholarly journals Spatial Genetic Structure of Prunus mongolica in Arid Northwestern China Based on RAD Sequencing Data

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Hong-Xiang Zhang ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Zhi-Bin Wen
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
Northwestern China ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Geographical Isolation ◽  
Marginal Populations ◽  
Arid Northwestern China ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
Genetic Diversity And Structure ◽  
Low Levels

The extensive range of sand deserts, gravel deserts, and recent human activities have shaped habitat fragmentation of relict and endangered plants in arid northwestern China. Prunus mongolica is a relict and endangered shrub that is mainly distributed in the study area. In the present study, population genomics was integrated with a species distribution model (SDM) to investigate the spatial genetic diversity and structure of P. mongolica populations in response to habitat fragmentation and create a proposal for the conservation of this endangered species. The results showed that the northern marginal populations were the first isolated from other populations. The SDM suggested that these marginal populations had low levels of habitat suitability during the glacial period. They could not obtain migration corridors, and thus possessed low levels of gene flow connection with other populations. Additionally, several populations underwent secondarily geographical isolation from other central populations, which preserved particular genetic lineages. Genetic diversity was higher in southern populations than in northern ones. It was concluded that long-term geographical isolation after historical habitat fragmentation promoted the divergence of marginal populations and refugial populations along mountains from other populations. The southern populations could have persisted in their distribution ranges and harbored higher levels of genetic diversity than the northern populations, whose distribution ranges fluctuated in response to paleoclimatic changes. We propose that the marginal populations of P. mongolica should be well considered in conservation management.

scholarly journals Genome-wide SNPs redefines species boundaries and conservation units in the freshwater mussel genus Cyprogenia of North America

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung Seok Kim ◽  
Kevin J. Roe
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Freshwater Mussel ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Conservation Units ◽  
Genetic Structuring ◽  
The North ◽  
Snp Data ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Significant Difference

AbstractDetailed information on species delineation and population genetic structure is a prerequisite for designing effective restoration and conservation strategies for imperiled organisms. Phylogenomic and population genomic analyses based on genome-wide double digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-Seq) data has identified three allopatric lineages in the North American freshwater mussel genus Cyprogenia. Cyprogenia stegaria is restricted to the Eastern Highlands and displays little genetic structuring within this region. However, two allopatric lineages of C. aberti in the Ozark and Ouachita highlands exhibit substantial levels (mean uncorrected FST = 0.368) of genetic differentiation and each warrants recognition as a distinct evolutionary lineage. Lineages of Cyprogenia in the Ouachita and Ozark highlands are further subdivided reflecting structuring at the level of river systems. Species tree inference and species delimitation in a Bayesian framework using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) data supported results from phylogenetic analyses, and supports three species of Cyprogenia over the currently recognized two species. A comparison of SNPs generated from both destructively and non-destructively collected samples revealed no significant difference in the SNP error rate, quality and amount of ddRAD sequence reads, indicating that nondestructive or trace samples can be effectively utilized to generate SNP data for organisms for which destructive sampling is not permitted.

scholarly journals Assessing habitat suitability and habitat fragmentation for endangered Siberian cranes in Poyang Lake region, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 107594
Author(s):  
Zhengtao Zhu ◽  
Wenxin Huai ◽  
Zhonghua Yang ◽  
Da Li ◽  
Yisen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Poyang Lake ◽  
Poyang Lake Region ◽  
Lake Region

scholarly journals Spatial pattern and genetic diversity estimates are linked in stochastic models of population differentiation

2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho ◽  
Mariana Pires de Campos Telles
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Stochastic Models ◽  
Population Differentiation ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Population Heterogeneity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Mantel’S Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Diversity Estimates

In the present study, we used both simulations and real data set analyses to show that, under stochastic processes of population differentiation, the concepts of spatial heterogeneity and spatial pattern overlap. In these processes, the proportion of variation among and within a population (measured by G ST and 1 - G ST, respectively) is correlated with the slope and intercept of a Mantel's test relating genetic and geographic distances. Beyond the conceptual interest, the inspection of the relationship between population heterogeneity and spatial pattern can be used to test departures from stochasticity in the study of population differentiation.

Evidence for a warm-humid climate in arid northwestern China during 40?30ka BP

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (23-24) ◽  
pp. 2537-2548 ◽  
Author(s):  
B YANG ◽  
Y SHI ◽  
A BRAEUNING ◽  
J WANG
Keyword(s):  
Northwestern China ◽  
Humid Climate ◽  
Arid Northwestern China

Isotopic composition of precipitation over Arid Northwestern China and its implications for the water vapor origin

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianrong Liu ◽  
Xianfang Song ◽  
Xiaomin Sun ◽  
Guofu Yuan ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Isotopic Composition ◽  
Northwestern China ◽  
Arid Northwestern China
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