Application of RAD Sequencing for Evaluating the Genetic Diversity of Domesticated Panax notoginseng (Araliaceae).

ABSTRACT: Panax notoginseng, a traditional Chinese medicinal plant, has been cultivated and domesticated for approximately 400 years, mainly in Yunnan and Guangxi, two provinces in southwest China. This species was named according to cultivated rather than wild individuals, and no wild populations had been found until now. The genetic resources available on farms are important for both breeding practices and resource conservation. In the present study, the recently developed technology RADseq, which is based on next-generation sequencing, was used to analyze the genetic variation and differentiation of P. notoginseng. The nucleotide diversity and heterozygosity results indicated that P. notoginseng had low genetic diversity at both the species and population levels. Almost no genetic differentiation

SUBMITTER: Pan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5112861 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature