Population genetic structure in six sympatric and widespread aquatic plants inhabiting diverse lake environments in China.

ABSTRACT: Many aquatic plant species are distributed over large areas and diverse environments with populations interconnected by abiotic and biotic mediators. Here, we examined differences and similarities in the population genetic structure of six sympatric and widespread aquatic plant species. We sampled the aquatic species from six Chinese lakes found on plateaus, plains, and different river systems and analyzed them using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. Samples originating from each lake tended to cluster together. Of the six species, only Nymphoides peltata and Myriophyllum spicatum could be divided into plateau and plain groups, once Taihu Lake individuals were excluded. Genetic similarities between populations connected by the Yangtze River were not consistently hi

SUBMITTER: Cao QJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552939 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature