Genetic structure of three wild populations (Xinyuan, Gongliu and Daxigou) of apricot in the Ily Valley, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, was investigated with microsatellite (simple sequence repeat, SSR) markers. The higher polymorphism and greater transportability of these markers between Prunus species proved SSR markers were much efficient for conducting genetic diversity studies in wild apricot. Nei's gene diversity (He) and Shannon's index of diversity (I) were 0.287 and 0.458, respectively. This indicated that the wild apricot in the Ily Valley still maintained a relatively high level of diversity. The Gst of 0.137 and Fst of 0.164 revealed that genetic variation mainly resided among individuals within populations (83.6-86.3%). Population differentiation could also be found according to the distribution of SSR alleles between the populations. Mantel test showed the genetic distance between populations was significantly correlated to the geographical distance. The modest amount of gene flow (2.684) would reduce the disjunction between wild apricots. The long-distance dispersal of pollen by insects was probably the main way of gene flow between populations. Based on the study of population genetic structure, an effective conservation strategy of the species was discussed.
AFLP and RAPD methods were used to investigate the genetic diversity of walnuts in western Sichuan plateau and Qinba mountainous regions. 35 samples were collected from 8 different regions, and 32 RAPD primers and 28 AFLP primer combinations were identified with polymorphism bands among the entire. 324 and 2155 fragments were respectively produced by RAPD and AFLP makers, and 86.1 % of RAPD bands and 57.2% of AFLP bands showed polymorphic with the size of 180~2000 bp and 50~1800 bp, respectively. The average amplified were 10.1 fragments per primer by RAPD and 76.9 fragments per pair primer by AFLP. The more polymorphic for genetic resource in Western Sichuan Plateau was observed by both RAPD and AFLP. The high number of alleles and the high expected genetic diversity detected with RAPD and AFLP markers indicate that western China has an important genetic diversity pool and abundant genetic variance of walnuts.
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