Linkages among RFLP,RAPD, isozyme,disease-resistance,and morphological markers in narrow and wide crosses of cucumber |
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Authors: | A Dijkhuizen V Meglic J E Staub M J Havey |
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Institution: | (1) INRA Station d'Amélioration des Plantes, 63039 Clermont-Ferrand, France;(2) INRA Station de Biométrie, 84140 Montfavet, France |
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Abstract: | An algorithm of automatic classification is proposed and applied to a large collection of perennial ryegrass wild populations from France. This method is based on an ascendant hierarchical clustering using the Euclidian distance from the principal components extracted from the variance-covariance matrix between 28 agronomic traits. A contiguity constraint is imposed: only those pairs of populations which are defined as contiguous are grouped together into a cluster. The definition of contiguity is based on a geostatistical parameter: the range of the variogramme, i.e. the largest distance above which the variance between pairs of population no longer increases. This method yields clusters that are generally more compact than those obtained without constraint. In most cases the contours of these clusters fit well with known ecogeographic regions, namely, for macroclimatic homogeneous conditions. This suggests that selective factors exert a major influence in the genetic differentiation of ryegrass populations for quantitatively inherited adaptive traits. It is proposed that such a method could provide useful genetic and ecogeographic bases for sampling a core collection in widespread wild species such as forage grasses.Institut National de la Recherche Agrononique |
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Keywords: | Genetic resources Lolium perenne L Ecotypic variation Spatial variation Core collection |
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