Ecological risk assessment using RAPD and distribution pattern of a rare and endangered species

Liu, P., Yang, Yuesuo, Hao, C. Y. and Guo, W. D. 2007. Ecological risk assessment using RAPD and distribution pattern of a rare and endangered species. Chemosphere 68 (8) , pp. 1497-1505. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.03.018

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Abstract

Environmental and ecological risk assessment always provide useful evidence for characterisation and conservation of the rare and endangered species, e.g. seven-son flower (Heptacodium miconioides Rehd.). Seven-son flower is a deciduous arbor species, but endangered, with a restricted distribution in the subtropical forests of China. Genetic risk assessment of 56 samples of the flower from nine main populations in Zhejiang (China) was carried out by using the RAPD analysis. This was to study the ecological characteristics, spatial distribution and genetic features of the seven-son flower communities and establish a feasible conservation plan. Twenty-one primers screened from 50 yielded 119 RAPD bands with 72 polymorphic products and 60.50% of total bands. The genetic variation was found to be partitioned mainly among rather than within populations. Percentages of genetic diversity among populations were quantified by Shannon index and the Nei’s gene diversity coefficient. AMOVA also demonstrated that these relict populations were highly differentiated. The high level of population variation observed is in contrast to that expected for a primarily outcrossed woody perennial plant, and suggests that there may be a degree of inbreeding. The dendrogram constructed from genetic distances through UPGMA method based on Nei’s coefficients shows two groups among nine population clusters, which is further supported by a principle components analysis (PCA) of RAPD phenotypic data. The analysis showed that the biologic characteristics and habitat fragmentation were the reasons of the great genetic variation among populations. Some strategies of its genetic diversity conservation were proposed in the fragmented habitats based on its genetic structure and its biological characteristics in this study.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Seven-son flower (Heptacodium miconioides Rehd.) ; RAPD ; Ecological risk ; Genetic variation ; Distribution pattern
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	00456535
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1350

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