Strict biennial lifecycle and anthropogenic interventions affect temporal genetic differentiation in the endangered endemic plant, <i>Pedicularis hallaisanensis</i>.

ABSTRACT: Strict biennials are among the least known lifecycles in plant ecology due to their rarity in nature, and their population genetics still remain unknown. The present study addressed the strict biennial lifecycle and associated population genetics of Pedicularis hallaisanensis, an endangered endemic plant in Korea. All P. hallaisanensis individuals were counted in August from 2021 to 2023 in the wild population of Gayasan National Park, and lifecycle and morphological changes were monitored monthly. A de novo draft genome and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis were used to study the population's genetic structure. P. hallaisanensis strictly requires a 2-year lifecycle per generation, including 8 and 10 months of growing periods as a first-year seedling

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542022 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature