The Application and Limitation of Universal Chloroplast Markers in Discriminating East Asian Evergreen Oaks.

ABSTRACT: The East Asian subtropics mostly occupied by evergreen broad-leaved forests (EBLFs), is one of the global diversity centers for evergreen oaks. Evergreen oaks are keystone canopy trees in EBLFs with important ecosystem function and crucial significance for regional biodiversity conservation. However, the species composition and diversity of Asian evergreen oaks are poorly understood. Here, we test whether the four chloroplast markers atpI-atpH, matK, psbA-trnH, and ycf1, can discriminate the two evergreen oak sections in Asia - Cyclobalanopsis and Ilex. Two hundred and seventy-two individuals representing 57 species were scanned and 17 species from other oaks sections were included for phylogenetic reconstruction. The genetic diversit

SUBMITTER: Yan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5952231 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature