Rapid Genetic Divergence of an Invasive Species, Spartina alterniflora, in China.

ABSTRACT: Hundreds of plants and half a kilogram of seeds of Spartina alterniflora, which were collected from Morehead City in North Carolina, Sapelo Island in Georgia, and Tampa Bay in Florida, were introduced to China in 1979. However, according to documented records, S. alterniflora from different origins were introduced to different areas when the species was first introduced to the coastal areas of China in the 1980s. In order to understand the relationship between the invasive S. alterniflora populations of China and the native S. alterniflora populations of the United States, and whether the genetic structure and genetic diversity of the invasive populations of China were affected by different introductions in the 1980s, molecular markers were used to determine the

SUBMITTER: Xia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7193035 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature