Assessment of genetic diversity on Gentiana straminea based on ISSR markers / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the genetic diversity of Gentiana straminea (Gentianaceae). Methods: Intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers were used. Twenty-eight populations (83 individuals) of G. straminea were sampled from Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu provinces, and Autonomous Region of Tibet. ISSR data were analyzed with the program POPGEN, and a UPGMA dendrogram was constructed. Results: PCR products corresponding to 183 alleles at 95 loci, amplified by the seven primers were scored. Eighty-eight loci were polymorphic. Expected heterozygosity (He) and Shannon's information index (Im) were 0.288 2 and 0.437 1, respectively. Nei's coefficient of genetic differentiation (Gst) and gene flow (Nm) were 0.678 3 and 0.237 1 at the population level, respectively. The genetic distance varied from 0.074 3 to 0.490 0. G. straminea populations were mainly divided into two braches by UPGMA tree. Conclusion: Genetic diversity level of G. straminea is high, and genetic diversity level among populations of G. straminea is higher than that in one population; Its autogenous variation mainly exist among populations; Hereditary capacity has certain correlation with geographical distribution. This work contributes basic information for variety identification, species in situ conservation, and enviroment investigation on the influence of heredity differentiated and Chinese Materia Medica genuine study. The congruence between genetic distance and geographic distances is high.