Species diversity and phylogeography of Cornus kousa (Asian dogwood) captured by genomic and genic microsatellites.

ABSTRACT: Cornus kousa (Asian dogwood), an East Asia native tree, is the most economically important species of the dogwood genus, owing to its desirable horticultural traits and ability to hybridize with North America-native dogwoods. To assess the species genetic diversity and to better inform the ongoing and future breeding efforts, we assembled an herbarium and arboretum collection of 131 noncultivated C. kousa specimens. Genotyping and capillary electrophoresis analyses of our C. kousa collection with the newly developed genic and published nuclear genomic microsatellites permitted assessment of genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the species. Regardless of the microsatellite type used, the study yielded generally similar insights into the C. kousa diversit

SUBMITTER: Nowicki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7417245 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature