Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Aegilops tauschii Coss. in Northern Iran |
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Authors: | Mohammad Reza Naghavi Mariam Hajikram Ali Reza Taleei Mohammad Jafar Aghaei |
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Affiliation: | (1) Agronomy and Plant Breeding Department, Agricultural College, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;(2) Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, National Plant Gene Bank of Iran, Karaj, Iran |
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Abstract: | Genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Aegilops tauschii in Northern Iran were studied based on nine microsatellite loci. A high level of genetic diversity was observed from the accessions collected from six regions (provinces). These accessions include 79 samples of the two subspecies (tauschii and strangulata), the intermediate form (among morphologically distinguished subspecies) and ten accessions of Triticum aestivum. The nine microsatellites revealed a total of 141 alleles, with an average of 15.7 alleles per locus. A comparison of the parameters showing genetic diversity, including the observed heterozygosity (Ho), gene diversity (He) and Shannon’s information index (I) of Ae. tauschii accessions from different provinces in Northern Iran, indicated that subsp. tauschii possesses the highest genetic diversity, followed by intermediate form. Genetic distance between subsp. strangulata and subsp. tauschii was low, confirming high gene flow between these two subspecies. However, intermediate form was more distinct from both of them. It was also found that the genetic diversity of T. aestivum is obviously lower than that of Ae. tauschii accessions. Moreover, the level of genetic diversity for Gilan, Golestan and Mazanderan provinces was higher than for Ardebil, Ghazvin and Semnan provinces, suggesting that these regions may provide a readily available source of potentially useful variation for wheat improvement. |
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