Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of a commercial cultivar and wild populations of Anemone coronaria |
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Authors: | Yonash Nissim Fang Jinggui Shamay Arik Pollak Neta Lavi Uri Cohen Avner |
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Institution: | (1) Agricultural Research Organization – The Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel;(2) Present address: Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China |
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Abstract: | Seven wild populations of Anemonecoronaria were assessed for 11 phenotypic traits, most of them having economic value for the flower industry. The wild populations
were sampled to represent the diversity in habitats, climates, rock and soil types, terrains, and elevations in Israel. AFLP
analysis was carried out on 12 individuals from each of six out of the seven wild populations and for six individuals from
the commercial cultivar ‘Mona-Lisa’. It was found that the Dorot population, which is located in the area bordering the semi-arid
zone at the very end of the species distribution, exhibits extreme and different phenotypes with relatively low variability
compared withthe other wild populations. The other six wild populations, that grow in more favorable geographic and climatic
conditions exhibit phenotypes with larger plants, larger numbers of flowers and less dissected leaves. These populations were
less uniform than that of Dorot. Genetic characterization by AFLP markers revealed a total of 165 bands. The wild populations
exhibit wide variation within-population, with about 80% polymorphic bands and average gene diversity between pairs of about
30%. The Dorot population has the lowest genetic variation and the Megido population the highest. Thus, the phenotypic variation
reflects the genetic variation. The cultivar ‘Mona-Lisa’, as expected, has much lower genetic variation. The Dorot population
and the ‘Mona-Lisa’ cultivar were found to have the largest genetic distances from the other wild populations, and the highest
genetic variation between themselves. Phenetic analysis yielded a dendrogram describing the genetic relatedness of these populations.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | AFLP Anemone coronaria biodiversity genetic relationship genetic variation phenotypic variation |
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