Unraveling the plant diversity of the Amazonian canga through DNA barcoding.

ABSTRACT: The canga of the Serra dos Carajás, in Eastern Amazon, is home to a unique open plant community, harboring several endemic and rare species. Although a complete flora survey has been recently published, scarce to no genetic information is available for most plant species of the ironstone outcrops of the Serra dos Carajás. In this scenario, DNA barcoding appears as a fast and effective approach to assess the genetic diversity of the Serra dos Carajás flora, considering the growing need for robust biodiversity conservation planning in such an area with industrial mining activities. Thus, after testing eight different DNA barcode markers (matK, rbcL, rpoB, rpoC1, atpF-atpH, psbK-psbI, trnH-psbA, and ITS2), we chose <

SUBMITTER: Vasconcelos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8495817 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature