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ArticleBotanical studies2020

The level of genetic diversity and differentiation of tropical lotus, Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (Nelumbonaceae) from Australia, India, and Thailand.

Yeshitila Mekbib, Shi-Xu Huang, Boniface K Ngarega, Zhi-Zhong Li, Tao Shi, Ke-Fang Ou, Yu-Ting Liang, Jin-Ming Chen, Xing-Yu Yang

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Yeshitila MekbibCAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
Shi-Xu HuangCollege of Life Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430074, China.
Boniface K NgaregaCAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
Zhi-Zhong LiCAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
Tao ShiCAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
Ke-Fang OuWuhan Institute of Landscape Architecture, Wuhan, 430081, China.
Yu-Ting LiangWuhan Institute of Landscape Architecture, Wuhan, 430081, China.
Jin-Ming ChenCAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China. jmchen@wbgcas.cn.
Xing-Yu YangWuhan Institute of Landscape Architecture, Wuhan, 430081, China. 54585496@qq.com.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNSouth Central University for Nationalities · CNWuhan Botanical Garden · CN

Funding

Bureau of Landscaping and Forestry of Wuhan Municipal No. 2018-28Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China No. 956 2019CFB275National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 31570220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNelumbo nucifera Gaertn., a perennial aquatic macrophyte species, has been cultivated in several Asian countries for its economic importance, and medicinal uses. Two distinct ecotypes of the species are recognized based on the geographical location where the genotypes are adapted, i.e., tropical lotus and temperate lotus. The genetic diversity levels and differentiation of the tropical lotus from poorly studied geographic regions still remain unclear. Here, the population genetic diversity and structure of 15 tropical lotus populations sampled from the previous understudied natural distribution ranges, including India, Thailand, and Australia, were assessed using nine polymorphic SSR markers.

resultsThe SSR markers used to genotype the 216 individuals yielded 65 alleles. The highest and lowest genetic diversity estimates were found in Thailand and Indian populations, respectively. STRUCTURE analysis revealed three distinct genetic clusters, with relatively low admixtures, supported by PCoA cluster analysis. Low levels of gene flow (mean N⁠m = 0.346) among the three genetic clusters signified the Mantel test for isolation by distance, revealing the existence of a positive correlation between the genetic and geographic distances (r = 0.448, P = 0.004). Besides, AMOVA analysis revealed a higher variation among populations (59.98%) of the three groups. Overall, the populations used in this study exposed a high level of genetic differentiation (F

conclusionsThe nine polymorphic microsatellite markers used in our study sufficiently differentiated the fifteen tropical N. nucifera populations based on geography. These populations presented different genetic variability, thereby confirming that populations found in each country are unique. The low genetic diversity (H

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ConservationGene flowGenetic diversityNelumbo nuciferaSSR markersTropical lotus

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