Genetic diversity and biogeography of T. officinale inferred from multi locus sequence typing approach.

ABSTRACT: Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae) is widely distributed weedy plant used as a traditional medicinal herb. The population genetics and historical biogeography of this plant have remained relatively unexplored. This study explores phylogeny, population genetics and ancestral reconstructions adopting multi locus sequence typing (MLST) approach. MLST sequences dataset was generated from genomics and chloroplast DNA sequences obtained from 31 T. officinale haplotypes located in 16 different countries. Phylogenetic analysis distributed these haplotypes in well differentiated geographic clades. The study suggested a close relationship between Europe and adjacent Asian countries. Populations of these regions predominantly formed common haplogroups, showed considerable level of gene flow and eviden

SUBMITTER: Jafari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143195 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature