scholarly journals Genetic relationship and identification of Dioscorea polystachya cultivars accessed by ISAP and SCAR markers

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Peng ◽  
Yanmei Zhang ◽  
Xiaoqin Sun ◽  
Mimi Li ◽  
Jiayu Xue ◽  
...  

A survey of intron sequence amplified polymorphism (ISAP) in conjunction with sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) was carried out to examine the genetic relationships among 14 Dioscorea polystachya cultivars and identify the most popular cultivar ?Tiegun?. Our results revealed that there is a high level of polymorphism among these cultivars. Furthermore, in this study, ISAP markers were consistent with the morphological characters of Dioscorea polystachya cultivars and previous hypotheses on the classification of these cultivars into 2 groups via leaf and tuber shapes have been confirmed. Based on morphological characters and molecular data, we show for the first time that D. doryphora might be a single species and another progenitor of these cultivars. An ISAP fragment specific to the ?Tiegun? cultivar was converted into a SCAR marker. This marker could be used to discriminate the ?Tiegun? cultivar from the other 13 cultivars. Overall, the results of our study provide the foundations for subsequent breeding programs or conservation actions.

2019 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Shchenkov ◽  
S.A. Denisova ◽  
G.A. Kremnev ◽  
A.A. Dobrovolskij

Abstract The phylogenetic position of most xiphidiocercariae from subgroups Cercariae virgulae and Cercariae microcotylae remains unknown or unclear, even at the family level. In this paper, we studied the morphology and molecular phylogeny of 15 microcotylous and virgulate cercariae (11 new and four previously described ones). Based on morphological and molecular data, we suggested five distinct morphological types of xiphidiocercariae, which are a practical alternative to Cercariae virgulae and Cercariae microcotylae subgroups. Four of these types correspond to actual digenean taxa (Microphallidae, Lecithodendriidae, Pleurogenidae and Prosthogonimidae), while the fifth is represented by Cercaria nigrospora Wergun, 1957, which we classified on the basis of molecular data for the first time. We reassessed the relative importance of morphological characters used for the classification of virgulate and microcotylous cercariae, and discussed the main evolutionary trends within xiphidiocercariae. Now stylet cercariae can be reliably placed into several sub-taxa of Microphalloidea on the basis of their morphological features.


HortScience ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 1668-1675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Li ◽  
Dongqin Tang ◽  
Yimin Shi

Narcissus pseudonarcissus, also known as daffodil, is a world-famous ornamental flower. In this study, for the first time, cross-pollinations between two widely cultivated N. pseudonarcissus varieties ‘Slim Whitman’ and ‘Pinza’ were performed. After eight consecutive years of cultivation, 27 reciprocal hybrids with different genotypes survived; 15 hybrids in ‘Slim Whitman’ × ‘Pinza’ and 12 in ‘Pinza’ × ‘Slim Whitman’. Twenty ornamental and agronomic characters were observed to evaluate the pattern and extent of genetic variability of the hybrids and relatedness with their parents. The hybrids showed great variation in most morphological characters compared with the parents, especially in leaf and flower characters. Hybrids SP03, SP04, SP05, SP12, SP13, PS04, PS06, PS07, PS08, and PS11 had evident growth advantage in some aspects compared with both parents. Of these hybrids, SP04 got novel flowers with white petals and an yellow-orange corona, and had the potential to become a new popular N. pseudonarcissus cultivar. Hybrids SP01, SP03, SP05, PS04, PS06, and PS07 also possessed a great ornamental value. Using cluster analysis based on morphological traits and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) molecular markers, genetic relationships among the reciprocal cross hybrids and their parents were further analyzed. The 27 reciprocal hybrids and their parents grouped into divergent clusters, showing that there was rich genetic variation among the hybrids tested. This study will pave the way for hybridization breeding programs of N. pseudonarcissus.


Mycotaxon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-423
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ishaq ◽  
Arooj Naseer ◽  
Munazza Kiran ◽  
Muhammad Fiaz ◽  
Abdul Nasir Khalid

Amanita subjunquillea and its ectomycorrhizal association are reported for the first time from moist temperate Himalayan forests of Pakistan. The sample was studied based on morphological characters and nucleotide sequence analyses of the ITS region generated from basidiomata and ectomycorrhizal roots of Quercus floribunda. Our collection differs from the type in its dark orange pileus disc and pale yellow margins. Remaining morphological and molecular data are consistent with previously reported specimens. This represents the first report of A. subjunquillea from Pakistan.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4657 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAL MOTYKA

Almost all net-winged beetles are members of Müllerian complexes and their similarity due to phenotypic coevolution sometimes complicates species identification and generic placement. Therefore, large specimen series, detailed exhaustive examination of morphological characters and molecular data are needed to clarify the taxonomic placement. Using mitochondrial DNA sequences, I investigated the sexual dimorphism and generic placement of the recently described species Calochromus pardus Kazantsev, 2018. I found that the species does not belong in Calochromus Guérin-Méneville, 1833 and all morphological characters and molecular analyses point to its placement in Micronychus Motschulsky, 1861. Therefore, Micronychus pardus (Kazantsev, 2018), comb. nov. is proposed. Additionally, the male is described here for the first time showing the sexual dimorphism in the species. Unlike the females, the males do not superficially resemble members of Xylobanus Waterhouse, 1879 with bright coloured elytral costae and black background, but mimics the sympatrically occurring yellow and black lycids in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879. 


2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietmar Quandt ◽  
Sanna Huttunen ◽  
Ray Tangney ◽  
Michael Stech

Although the Lembophyllaceae has undergone considerable revision during the last century, the generic and familial level relationships of this pleurocarpous moss family are still poorly understood. To address this problem, a generic revision of the Lembophyllaceae based on molecular data was undertaken. We analyzed two plastid markers, the trnL-trnF and the psbT-psbH region in combination with the ITS2 of nuclear ribosomal DNA. The molecular data reveal that the current circumscription of the family is too narrow and that several genera previously placed in the Lembophyllaceae should be reincluded. The family includes: Bestia, Camptochaete, Dolichomitra, Dolichomitriopsis, Fallaciella, Fifea, Isothecium, Lembophyllum, Looseria stat. nov., Pilotrichella, Rigodium, Tripterocladium, and Weymouthia. Looseria contains a single species: Looseria orbiculata comb. nov. Acrocladium is excluded and provisionally accommodated in the Lepyrodontaceae. Generic limits supported by the molecular data support a return to the early twentieth century family concept of Brotherus. The analyses indicate that the segregate genus Orthostichella is distinct from its parent genus Pilotrichella, probably at the family level. Whereas Pilotrichella is resolved within the Lembophyllaceae, Orthostichella clusters with Porotrichum and Porothamnium forming a clade (OPP-clade) sister to the remaining Neckeraceae and Lembophyllaceae. Hence, the Neckeraceae is paraphyletic. Recognition of the OPP-clade as a new family is desirable but awaits the results of detailed ongoing morphological studies.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Gebiola ◽  
Antonio P. Garonna ◽  
Umberto Bernardo ◽  
Sergey A. Belokobylskij

Doryctinae (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) is a large and diverse subfamily of parasitic wasps that has received much attention recently, with new species and genera described and phylogenies based on morphological and/or molecular data that have improved higher-level classification and species delimitation. However, the status of several genera is still unresolved, if not controversial. Here we focus on two related groups of such genera, Dendrosoter Wesmael–Caenopachys Foerster and Ecphylus Foerster–Sycosoter Picard & Lichtenstein. We integrated morphological and molecular (COI and 28S–D2 genes) evidence to highlight, by phylogenetic analyses (maximum likelihood and Bayesian) and a posteriori morphological examination, previously overlooked variation, which is here illustrated and discussed. Monophyly of Dendrosoter and Caenopachys and the presence of synapomorphic morphological characters support synonymy of Caenopachys under Dendrosoter. Low genetic differentiation and high variability for putatively diagnostic morphological characters found in both C. hartigii (Ratzeburg) and C. caenopachoides (Ruschka) supports synonymy of D. caenopachoides under D. hartigii, syn. nov. Morphological and molecular evidence together also indicate independent generic status for Sycosoter, stat. rev., which is here resurrected. This work represents a further advancement in the framework of the ongoing effort to improve systematics and classification of the subfamily Doryctinae.


Parasitology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 129 (6) ◽  
pp. 771-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. PETKEVIČIŪTĖ ◽  
V. STUNŽĖNAS ◽  
G. STANEVIČIŪTĖ

Due to the low informative value of available morphological characters, cytogenetic and molecular methods, based on rDNA sequencing, were used to characterize adult and larval stages ofPhyllodistomumspp. Species studied have 18 chromosomes with comparable absolute and relative lengths. Conventional Giemsa staining and karyometric analysis revealed clear differences in chromosome morphology of larvalPhyllodistomumspp. infecting two bivalve host species,Sphaerium corneumandPisidium amnicum. However, karyotypes of adultP. foliumfrom three-spined sticklebacks and larval stages fromS. corneumappear almost identical both with respect to the relative lengths and centromeric indices of the corresponding chromosome pairs. The entire internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region (ITS-1, 5.8S and ITS-2) and the D1-D3 region of 28S gene were sequenced and compared. Again, sufficient differences were observed between larvalPhyllodistomumspp., while adultP. foliumand larvae fromS. corneumshowed a high level of similarity. So, both cytogenetic and molecular data support the suggestion that they represent developmental stages of the same species. The results were compared with published data obtained by cytogenetic and molecular studies on the otherPhyllodistomumspecies. Differences revealed in karyotype and rDNA sequences leads to the conclusion that the cercariaeum ofP. foliumsensu Sinitsin, 1905 could not be regarded as the larva of adultP. foliumfrom three-spined stickleback.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 937-943
Author(s):  
Natalia Sukhikh ◽  
Valentina Malyarovskaya ◽  
Anastasiya Kamionskaya ◽  
Lidia Samarina ◽  
Svetlana Vinogradova

Genetic diversity and genetic relationships among 39 accessions of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. were analyzed using 38 previously developed simple sequence repeat markers (SSRs). A total of 38 polymorphic primers representing 166 bands with an average of 4.53 polymorphic bands per primer were selected. The number of alleles detected per locus ranged from two to eight with a total of 163 alleles amplified. The size of the amplified fragments ranged from 70 to180 base pairs. The effective multiallelic markers with high level of heterozygosity (more than 0.7) and effective number of alleles (more than 3.5) were identified. In this study nine SSR markers showed clear polymorphisms. The dendrogram grouped all hybrids in three major clusters, and two of these clusters included only mophead cultivars. The lacecap cultivars clustered more closely to each other. The results of this research could be used in breeding programs of H. macrophylla.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Tuty Arisuryanti ◽  
Bella Ulin Nikmah ◽  
Tomi Kasayev ◽  
Lukman Hakim

Selais fish is difficult to discriminate with other Silurid fish species based on morphological characters. As a result, the valid species of selais fish is uncertain. Therefore, a molecular phylogenetic study was needed to clarify species boundaries and to addresses genetic relationships of the selais fish. In this study, 16S mitochondrial gene of ten selais samples collected from Arut River (Central Kalimantan) were sequenced, from which a Bayesian trees was generated. Result revealed monophyletic of selais fish which is revealed as a single species. The Bayesian inference showed that the selais fish clade is distinguished with two other genus, Kryptopterus and Ompok, by its sequence differences. This finding can address species boundaries of selais fish using Bayesian approach, but the name of the selais species has not been clarified.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Bunga Pabendon ◽  
M. Dahlan ◽  
Sutrisno Sutrisno ◽  
M. L.C. George

<p class="p1">Information on genetic relationships among available crop germplasm such as maize inbred lines, has important implications to breeding programs. A set of 26 maize inbreds togeher with six standard lines from CIMMYT (CML51, CML292, CML202, CML206, CML236, dan CML396), was characterized using 26 SSR markers, which were coverage of the maize genomes. The objective of this study was to analyze genetic diversities among the Indonesian maize inbred collections. Polymorphism Information Content (PIC) value and the observed genetic distance indicated the existence of large variabilities among the inbreds. Cluster analysis based on 27% of the Jaccard’s similarity coefficient placed the inbreds into three groups. Genetic distances among all the possible pairs without the standard maize lines varied from 0.32 (KSX360F2-5-1-3-1v vs KSX2601F2-5-1-1-v) to 0.88 (PT963298-1-B-B-Bv vs Mr13). Cluster and Principal Coordinate Analysis of the genetic distances, revealed a clear differentiation of the inbred lines into groups according to their source populations. This clustering were consistent with those of the known pedigree records of the inbreds based on their morphological characters. These results support the use of morphological traits in the production of maize hybrids. The SSR markers proved to be effective to characterize, identify, and demonstrate genetic similarities among the maize inbred lines.</p>


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