1. Genetic diversity and population structure of endangered endemic Paeonia jishanensis in China and conservation implications
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Li-Ping Peng, Fang-Yun Cheng, Xing-Xing Xu, and Hong-Li Xian
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Genetic diversity ,biology ,Ecology ,Endangered species ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Gene flow ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Genetic distance ,Genetic structure ,Vicariance ,Mantel test ,Paeonia jishanensis ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Paeonia jishanensis, one of the most important ancestral species of cultivated tree peonies, is an endangered ornamental and medicinal plant endemic to China. A total of 236 individuals of P. jishanensis from 10 extant populations were analysed using 21 EST-SSR markers to assess their genetic diversity and population structure. Moderate genetic diversity levels (HE = 0.340) and high genetic differentiation among populations (FST = 0.335) were revealed. Combining the results of STRUCTURE, PCoA and neighbour-joining analyses, the 10 populations were divided into four genetic groups that were significantly related to their geographical origins, which was further supported by hierarchical AMOVA showing the highest variation of 17.9% among groups. The Mantel test showed a significant positive correlation between genetic distance and geographic distance among populations (r = 0.873, P
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- 2016
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