Assessment of Population Genetic Diversity of Medicinal Meconopsis integrifolia (Maxim.) Franch. Using Newly Developed SSR Markers.

ABSTRACT: Meconopsis integrifolia is an endangered Tibetan medicinal plant with significant medicinal and ornamental value. Understanding its genetic diversity and structure is crucial for its sustainable utilization and effective conservation. Here, we develop a set of SSR markers based on transcriptome data to analyze the genetic diversity and structure of 185 individuals from 16 populations of M. integrifolia. The results indicate that M. integrifolia exhibits relatively high genetic diversity at the species level (the percentage of polymorphic bands PPB = 91.67%, Nei's genetic diversity index He = 0.2989, Shannon's information index I = 0.4514) but limited genetic variation within populations (PPB = 12.08%, He = 0.0399, I = 0.0610). The genetic differentiation among populati

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11435270 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature