De novo transcriptome assembly and population genetic analyses of an important coastal shrub, Apocynum venetum L.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Apocynum venetum L. is an important medicinal plant that is mainly distributed in the coastal areas and northwest of China. In addition to its high medical and economic value, its adaptation to saline-alkali and coastal saline lands makes A. venetum an ideal candidate for use in vegetation restoration. To date, the study of A. venetum has been limited in the northwest region of China, little attention has been paid to the genetic diversity and population structure of A. venetum populations in the coastal region. Here, we performed transcriptome sequencing of total RNA from A. venetum leaves and developed efficient expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers for analyzing the genetic diversity and population structure of A. venetum in the coastal regio

SUBMITTER: Yuan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470449 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature