Allozyme differentiation and genetic structure of the Lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) island populations in north-east Poland

The population genetic structure in the rare and endangered perennial plant, Cypripedium calceolus , from north-east Poland was investigated. A total of 11 loci were analysed, of which five were polymorphic for the species and in every population. The 11 loci resolved gave a total of 19 alleles with the mean number of 1.73 alleles per locus. The proportion of polymorphic loci (P) was the same for the species and in every population, 45.5%. The average observed and expected heterozygosities for the total Lady's slipper data set were 0.156 and 0.184, respectively. The average expected heterozygosity for the populations under study ranged from 0.176 to 0.188 and did not differ significantly among populations. Genetic diversity within C. calceolus populations from the Biebrza Valley is relatively high compared with rare taxa and taxa with similar life histories. The genetic diversity among populations of C. calceolus studied ( F _ST = 0.016) is much smaller than the genetic diversity within populations. In the species studied, there was no significant correlation between genetic and geographical distances ( r = −0.73, Mantel test). This may indicate the relatively recent origin of the populations studied, or a high level of gene flow among populations. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2002, 138 , 433–440.     

Population genetic structure in the dioecious pioneer plant species Hippophae rhamnoides investigated by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers

Hippophae rhamnoides is an outcrossing pioneer plant species with a severely fragmented distribution. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker variation was analysed in 10 populations of ssp. rhamnoides and in one population of ssp. mongolica to estimate the amount and distribution of genetic variability. No less than 89.7% of the scorable markers were polymorphic, but few of these were fixed and populations consequently differed mainly by frequency variation of individual markers. Within-population gene diversity was somewhat low for an outcrossing plant species: 0.192 or 0.159 for ssp. rhamnoides , depending on whether it was based on all 156 polymorphic RAPDs or on only those 63 RAPDs that fulfilled the 3/ N criterion. Analysis of molecular variance applied to the ssp. rhamnoides showed only 15% between-population variability, indicating a relatively restricted population differentiation as expected in outcrossing species and shown in several other AMOVA studies. The tendency for island populations to be somewhat more differentiated, and to have less within-population diversity than mainland populations, may indicate an effect of population fragmentation. Genetic distance estimates among populations, obtained with and without pruning of RAPD loci on the basis of the 3/ N criterion, were generally in very good agreement. Cluster analyses and principal coordinate analyses showed populations of ssp. rhamnoides to be rather close, but quite isolated from the single ssp. mongolica population. Genetic and geographical distances between the ssp. rhamnoides populations were not associated, indicating that large-scale geographical and ecotypic differentiation was not reflected in the RAPD profiles.     

天然红松林等位酶研究

利用红松种子的单倍体胚乳,采用水平切片淀粉凝胶电泳技术,对采自三个地区的天然红松林的材料进行了１０种酶系统的等位酶实验,共获得了１８个等位基因位点,对这１８个位点等位基因的统计分析表明：红松种群的多态位点百分数为Ｐ＝７７．７８％,等位基因平均数为Ａ＝２．０,预期杂合度为Ｈｅ＝０．１６４８。红松种群间遗传分化程度在松属于较低水平。在红松１８个等位基因位点的变异中,绝大部分变异９４．２％来自种群内部,     

RAPD variation and population genetic structure in Prunus mahaleb (Rosaceae), an animal-dispersed tree

We examined the patterns of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) variation among seven Prunus mahaleb (Rosaceae) populations extending over approximately 100 km2 to examine local differentiation in relation to spatial isolation due to both geographical distance and differences in elevation. No less than 51. 4% of the RAPD loci were polymorphic, but very few were fixed and among-population variation accounted for 16.46% of variation in RAPD patterns. Mean gene diversity was 0.1441, with mean Nei's genetic diversity for individual populations ranging between 0.089 and 0.149. Mean GST value across loci was 0.1935 (range, 0.0162-0.4685), giving an average estimate for Nm of 1.191. These results suggest extensive gene flow among populations, but higher GST and lower Nm values relative to other outcrossing, woody species with endozoochorous dispersal, also suggest a process of isolation by distance. The combined effect of both geographical and elevation distances and nonoverlapping flowering and fruiting phenophases on the GST matrix was partially significant, revealing only marginal isolation of the P. mahaleb populations. The matrix correlation between estimated Nm values among populations and the geographical + elevation distance matrices (r = -0.4623, P = 0.07), suggests a marginal trend for more isolated populations to exchange less immigrants. Long-distance seed dispersal by efficient medium-sized frugivorous birds and mammals is most likely associated to the high levels of within-population genetic diversity. However, vicariance factors and demographic bottlenecks (high postdispersal seed and seedling mortality) explain comparatively high levels of local differentiation.     

Genetic differentiation of starling (Sturnus vulgaris: Aves) populations in New Zealand and Great Britain

Several hundred starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) were introduced to New Zealand from Great Britain during1860–1880. Allozymic variation at 24 loci was analysed in winter populations sampled at six localities in each country. New Zealand samples had fewer alleles per locus but the same mean heterozygosity (3% per locus) and proportion of polymorphic loci as did British samples. Winter populations in Britain contain European migrants and were genetically homogeneous. Paradoxically, genetic distances among derived New Zealand populations, and between New Zealand and Great Britain were much greater, similar in magnitude to those observed among allopatric populations in other avian species. The geographical pattern of genetic variation in New Zealand suggests that reproductive isolation of populations and random drift have contributed to the development of population differentiation.     

中国落叶松-杨栅锈菌遗传多样性研究

采用SSR分子标记技术对采自全国19个地区、不同年份的落叶松-杨栅锈菌Melampsora larici-populina（简称MLP）36个单孢子堆菌系的遗传多样性和种群遗传结构进行了研究。用5对SSR多态性引物共检测到62个观察等位基因（Na）,有效等位基因数（Ne）为5.42–9.82,平均有效等位基因数为7.05。供试MLP样本在5个SSR位点上的多态性信息量（PIC）变化范围为0.64–0.89,平均值0.79。平均观察杂合度（Ho）、平均期望杂合度（He）分别为0.36和0.86,不同位点的S     

ALLOZYME VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG MATURE POPULATIONS OF SPECKLED ALDER (ALNUS RUGOSA) AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH GREEN ALDER (A. CRISPA)

Vegetative tissues from 14 sexually mature populations of speckled alder (Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Sprengel) in Québec have been analyzed for electrophoretically demonstrable variation in 9 enzymes encoding a total of 15 loci. Speckled alder demonstrated a diploid-like expression for all polymorphic loci investigated. Populations were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for the 9 polymorphic loci observed. The total expected heterozygosity was 0.173. Analysis of fixation indices indicated a slight deficiency of heterozygotes, relative to panmictic expectations. This was likely due to weak population differentiation, which did not follow any particular geographical trend. Qualitative estimates of interpopulation rates of gene flow were high, and in good agreement with the small pair-wise population genetic distances and among-population fixation index. Levels of genetic diversity and partition of this diversity were similar to previous observations obtained with the sympatric species A. crispa (Ait.) Pursh. However, no phenomena of interspecific hybridization were noted. The average genetic distance between these two alder species was large, with a value of 0.4, emphasizing the different ecological niches colonized by each of the two species. The estimate of divergence time between these two taxa was two million years. It is in agreement with the hypothesis of repetitive spatial isolation of each species in ice-free refugia during the Pleistocene, thus promoting their reproductive isolation. The interspecific divergence noted at the enzyme level allowed for the easy electrophoretic identification of each taxon.     

浙江省境内七子花天然种群遗传多样性研究

利用RAPD技术对浙江省境内的七子花9个天然种群遗传多样性和遗传分化进行研究.结果表明,12种随机引物对180棵植物进行检测,共得到164个可重复的位点.多态位点百分率在14.60%～27.44%(平均为20.73%),以括苍山种群最高,其次是四明山种群,最低是观音坪种群.Shannon指数和Nei指数均反映出七子花各种群具有较低的遗传多样性,但遗传分化明显.Shannon指数显示种群内遗传多样性只占总遗传多样性的27.28%,而种群间遗传多样性却占72.72%;Nei指数表明种群内的遗传变异较小,种群间的遗传变异较大,种群间的遗传分化系数为0.7157.七子花种群间的基因流为0.1987,遗传相似度平均为0.7306,遗传距离平均为0.3150,各种群间的遗传分化明显.根据遗传距离聚类分析,大致可以将9个七子花种群分为东部和西部两大类群.     

短柄枹种群遗传多样性的ISSR分析

利用ISSR分子标记方法对分布在浙江省境内的7个短柄枹种群的遗传多样性和遗传分化进行了分析。从100个引物中筛选出12个用于正式扩增的ISSR引物,在7个种群140个个体中共检测到132个位点,其中多态位点118个,多态位点百分率(P)为89.39%,各种群P平均为58.87%。短柄枹总的Shannon信息指数(I)为0.493 3、Nei指数(h)为0.334 7,各种群I平均为0.336 2、h平均为0.229 1。P、I、h均显示云峰种群最高,天台山种群最低。AMOVA分子差异分析表明,67.97%的变异存在于种群内,32.03%的变异存在于种群间,种群间的基因分化系数(G_ST)为0.315 4。短柄枹种群间的基因流为(N_m)为1.085 3。7个种群的平均遗传距离为0.173 9。利用UPGMA法对7个种群进行聚类,结果显示天台山和雪窦山种群聚成一类,其它5个种群聚成另一类。     

雌雄异株稀有植物伞花木(Eurycorymbus caraleriei)自然居群的等位酶遗传多样性研究

伞花木（Eurycorymbus caraleriei）为中国特有的第三纪孑遗单种属植物,雌雄异株。采用超薄平板微型聚丙烯酰胺等电聚焦电泳方法对其5个自然居群和1个人工迁地保护居群的等位酶变异进行了初步研究。对7个酶系统中14个位点的等位酶居群遗传多样性及遗传结构分析结果表明：伞花木具有较高水平的遗传多样性,其每位点平均等位基因数A=1．6,平均多态位点比率P=42．9％,平均预期遗传杂合度Hr=0．216;各居群的遗传多样性无显著性差异,但都表现为严重偏离Hardy-Weinberg平衡的杂合子过量;其遗传变异主要发生在居群内（93．1％）,居群间分化较小（Gst=0．069）,居群问遗传一致度较高（I=0．965～1．000）。推断这可能是由于其古老孑遗性、雌雄异株、混和传粉方式的生物学特性以及其长寿命的生活史等原因所导致;同时,居群间的较高基因流（Nm=3．128）也可能起到很大的作用。还使用UPGMA聚类方法推断了武汉植物园迁地保护的野外居群来源,在对迁地保护居群的评价中发现迁地保护居群仅保存了该物种基因型多样性的16％,在此基础上提出了今后进一步的保育策略。     

Genetic population structure of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica: Absence of geographical variation

The genetic structure of 31 populations of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.), located in two French cities 900 km apart, was estimated by enzyme gel electrophoresis. A set of 41 loci was analysed. Eight loci (4 Est, 3 Lap and 1 Got) were polymorphic. Diversity was estimated at different geographical levels: the overall population, between cities and within a city. Hierarchical F-statistics indicated significant genetic differentiation between all populations and among populations within each city, but no differentiation between cities. F_ST values for populations within each city and for the overall sample were substantially dissimilar. In addition, a cluster analysis did not separate populations according to their geographical origin but according to the predominance of either of the two alternative Est-4 alleles. The results of this analysis point to the absence of genetic differentiation on a large geographical scale: no large-scale geographical distance effect was detected. However, we evidenced strong genetic substructuring on a local scale, within cities.     

Allozyme diversity in natural populations of Viola palmensis Webb & Berth. (Violaceae) from La Palma (Canary Islands): implications for conservation genetics

Genetic diversity was measured by allozyme electrophoresis in eight natural populations of the threatened Canarian endemic Viola palmensis Webb & Berth. (Violaceae). Nineteen alleles corresponding to 11 gene loci were detected. High levels of genetic diversity were found, ranging from 36.3 to 45.4 % for the percentage of polymorphic loci (P), from 1.45 to 1.60 for the average number of alleles per locus (A) and from 0.128 to 0.200 for the expected heterozygosity (H(e)). Between 85.5 and 96.6 % of genetic variability was apportioned within populations. As a whole, populations were not at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, with a deficit of heterozygous individuals attributable to the existence of genetic structuring in the populations analysed. The levels of interpopulation genetic differentiation were low (mean F(ST) = 0.100), while genetic identity pair-wise comparisons were high (mean I = 0.973) suggesting considerable levels of gene flow among populations. No relationship was detected between genetic differentiation and geographical distances between populations. An outcrossing insect-mediated breeding system might contribute to pollen dispersion of this species. For conservation genetics we suggest in situ preservation areas are defined that are free of disturbance and that include populations with the highest genetic diversity.     

不同生境夏蜡梅群体遗传多样性的RAPD分析

利用RAPD技术对天台大雷山4个不同生境：灌丛、常绿阔叶林、杉木林和竹林中的夏蜡梅群体进行遗传多样性研究。12个随机引物在80个个体中共检测到182个可重复的位点,其中多态位点为49个,总的多态位点百分率为26.92%。4个群体的多态位点百分率在6.04%~11.54%之间,平均为8.93%,其中竹林群体最高,常绿阔叶林群体最低,大小顺序为竹林群体＞灌丛群体＞杉木林群体＞常绿阔叶林群体,Shannon指数和Nei指数估算结果为灌丛群体最高,其次是竹林群体,第三是杉木林群体,最低的是常绿阔叶林群体。AMOVA分子差异分析表明夏蜡梅群体间遗传分化程度高,71.91%的变异存在于群体间,28.09%的变异存在于群体内,群体间的基因分化系数（G_ST）为0.627 4。夏蜡梅群体间的基因流很低,N_m=0. 297 0。聚类分析结果表明杉木林群体和灌丛群体最先聚在一起,再与常绿阔叶林群体相聚,最后与竹林群体聚在一起。可见,夏蜡梅在各生境间有着不同的遗传多样性,且在各生境间发生了明显的遗传分化。     

Genetic variability, population size and reproduction potential in Ligularia sibirica (L.) populations in Estonia

Ligularia sibirica (L.) Cass. (Asteraceae) is a EU Habitats Directive Annex II plant species that has suffered a lot from human-caused major changes in quality and availability of habitats in Estonia. The aim of this study was to find out if the observed decline in population size is reflected in the amount of genetic variation and fertility in remnant populations of this species. AFLP technique was used for that purpose. Genetic diversity within populations was assessed as the percentage of polymorphic loci in a given population and average gene diversity over loci. The degree of genetic differentiation among populations and genetic differentiation between pairs of populations was estimated. The amount of viable seeds per flower stem was compared among populations and between years (2007 and 2008). Average genetic diversity over loci and proportion of polymorphic loci in L. sibirica populations were significantly correlated with population size, suggesting the action of genetic drift and/or inbreeding. No correlation was found between genetic and geographic distances. Natural barriers like forests may have been efficiently preventing seed migration even between geographically closer populations. Results of this study suggest that genetic erosion could be partially responsible for the lower fitness in smaller populations of this species.     

中国石榴栽培群体遗传多样性的荧光AFLP分析

以中国山东、安徽、陕西、河南、云南和新疆6个栽培石榴群体的85个品种类型为试材,利用荧光标记AFLP对中国石榴群体遗传多样性进行了研究。结果表明：8对引物组合在种级水平扩增的多态性位点数范围从135～185个不等,平均为158.25个,多态位点百分比范围为62.5%～86.11%,平均为73.26%,说明中国石榴品种遗传多样性较为丰富;石榴品种种级水平遗传多样性大于群体水平,6个群体的遗传多样性依次为河南群体〉新疆群体〉陕西群体〉安徽群体〉山东群体〉云南群体,并且具有显著性差异;群体间的遗传分化系数GST为0.2018,说明石榴遗传变异主要存在群体内,群体间的遗传变异占总变异的20.18%,根据基因分化系数,测得的基因流Nm为1.9027,说明中国石榴群体间存在适当的基因交流;UPGMA聚类分析结果表明,同一群体的大部分品种都聚在一起,但同时存在部分基因交流。所有遗传参数表明,中国石榴栽培品种遗传多样性较为丰富,其中河南群体遗传多样性显著高于其他群体,在中国石榴品种选育中具有更为广阔的应用前景。     

RAPD analysis of genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Stipa krylovii Reshov. in Inner Mongolia steppe

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was used to characterize the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Stipa krylovii populations in Inner Mongolia steppe of North China. Thirteen 10 bp oligonucleotide primers, which generated 237 RAPD bands, were used to analyze 90 plants of five populations from three regions, meadow steppe, typical steppe and desert steppe, from the east to the west. The genetic diversity of Stipa krylovii that was revealed by observed number of alleles (na), expected number of alleles (ne), Nei's diversity index (h), Shannon's diversity index (H), amplificated loci, polymorphic loci and the percentage of polymorphic loci (PPB) increased from the east to the west. The Pearson's correlation analysis between genetic diversity parameters and ecological parameters indicated that the genetic diversity of Stipa krylovii was associated with precipitation and cumulative temperature variations along the longitude (humidity were calculated by precipitation and cumulative temperature). Dendrogram based on Jaccard's genetic distance showed that the individuals from the same population formed a single sub-group. Although most variation (56.85%) was within populations, there was high genetic differentiation among populations of Stipa krylovii, high differentiation within and between regions by AMOVA analysis. Either Nei's unbiased genetic distance (G(ST)) or gene flow (Nm) among pairwise populations was not correlated with geographical distance by Mantel's test (P > 0.05), suggesting that there was no consistency with the isolation by distance model in these populations. Natural selection may have played a role in affecting the genetic diversity and population structure, but habitat destruction and degradation in northern grassland in China may be the main factor responsible for high genetic differentiation among populations, within and among regions.     

黑石顶南亚热带常绿阔叶林优势种群黄果厚壳桂的AFLP分析

以扩增片段长度多态性（AFLP）分析了黑石顶南亚热带常绿阔叶林优势种群黄果厚壳桂（Cryptocarya concinna)在三个不同群落类型中的遗传多态性及遗传结构,并比较了该3个种群间的遗传分,以4对AFLP选择引物组合产生了大量扩增表型带,用AMOVA、PHYLIP等软件分析计算了种群的遗传结构。结果表明黑石顶黄果厚0壳桂种群具有高的种群内遗传多态性、低的种群间遗传分析。并讨论了种群遗传变化与生境的关系。     

Genetic diversity analysis of Hepatacodium miconioides at different altitude in Tiantal Mountain,Zhejiang Province,China and its relationship with environmental factors

The genetic diversity within and among populations of Hepatacodium miconioides collected at three different altitudes in Tiantai Mountain,Zhejiang Province and its relationships to environmental factors were analyzed by random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD)technique.Amplification using 12 random primers of 60 plants and 122 repetitive loci were produced.The percentage of polymorphic loci of three populations ranged from 18.85% to 23.77% with an average of 21.86%,indicating the relatively low genetic diversity of H.miconioides.The average Shannon index of phenotypic diversity(0.1329)and Nei index(0.0925)within populations were relatively low.A distinct genetic differentiation existed among populations Of H miconioides in spite of the relatively small geographical distribufion.The average genetic diversity within populations of H.miconioides accounted for 33.58% of the total genetic diversity while the genetic diversity among populations accounted for 66.42% as estimated by the Shannon index of phenotypic diversity,The genetic differentiation among populations of H.miconioides was 0.6546,as estimated by Nei index.The gene flow estimated from Gsr was only 0.2656 and it indicated that gene flow among populations of H.miconioides was relatively low.The mean value of the genetic identity among populations of H.miconioides was 0.7126 and the average of genetic distance of H.miconioides was 0.3412.The genetic identity between populations at the elevation of 990m and at the elevation of 780 m was the highest.The genetic identity between population at the elevation 500 m and other two populations was relatively low.The correlation analysis showed that the genetic diversity within populations was significantly related with the soil total nitrogen.     

内蒙古典型草原羊草种群遗传分化的RAPD分析

运用 RAPD技术对内蒙古典型草原不同生境 8个羊草种群进行分析。采用 2 4个随机引物 (10 nt)在 8个种群中共检测到2 2 4个扩增片断 ,其中多态性片断 173个 ,总的多态位点百分率达 77.2 % ,特异性片断 2 2个 ,占 9.82 % ,平均每个引物扩增的DNA带数为 9.3 3条。利用 Nei指数和 Shannon指数估算了 8个种群的遗传多样性 ,并计算种群相似系数和遗传距离 ,运用UPGMA法进行聚类分析。结果表明 :羊草大部分的遗传变异存在于种群内 ,只有少部分的遗传变异存在于种群间 ,Nei指数和Shannon指数计算结果分别为 85.4%和 66.8% ;羊草不同种群的遗传多样性存在差异 ;8个羊草种群平均遗传距离为 0 .2 3 16,变异范围为 0 .1587～ 0 .2 70 0 ,说明 8个羊草种群间的遗传变异不大 ,即 :在较小地理范围内羊草的遗传分化程度较小 ;8个种群可聚为 3个类群 ,聚类结果显示生境相似的种群能够聚在一起 ,而地理距离最近的种群不一定归为一类 ,说明小范围内羊草种群间的遗传分化与地理距离不存在相关性 ,而与其生境间的相似度相关。影响遗传相似性的不是单一因子而是各种因子的综合作用 ,较小地理范围内羊草种群间的遗传分化主要是由环境的异质性所引起的     

Genetic divergence between populations of two closely related troglobitic beetle species (Speonomus: Bathysciinae,Coleoptera)

Genetic variability and divergence at 13 enzyme loci were studied in two species of troglobitic beetles (Speonomus zophosinus andhydrophilus 12 populations) collected from the Pyrenees mountains. These allopatric species exhibit a high degree of specialization to underground life and a very small geographical range. Four diagnostic loci arePgi, Est-2, Pac-1, Phi. Within each species polymorphic loci exhibited marked spatial variation of allele frequencies, sometimes over short distances (5–10 km). The levels of genetic variability are comparable to those observed in non-cave invertebrates (frequency of polymorphic loci: 0.31; average expected heterozygosity: 0.112±0.015). Moreover, a single species showed variability in the average level of heterozygosity (0.06 to 0.172). Patterns of genetic differentiation among species were also studied; mean genetic distance (D: 0.263±0.010) between the twoSpeonomus species was of the same order of magnitude as most data reported in the literature between species. A significant heterozygote deficiency occurs in local populations and for all loci. This deficit does not vary from locus to locus. Several hypotheses were examined in an attempt to account for these observations in connection with the species biology. This deficit probably is due to the breeding structure of the population (inbreeding and assortative mating) coupled with limited dispersal ability.