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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
Gliricidia sepium provides a variety of products important for rural communities in tropical countries. Native populations in Meso-America currently form an important source of seed for distribution to farmers, but concerns centre on mechanisms which may lead to their genetic erosion, including anthropogenic dispersal and subsequent introgression from the related species, G. maculata. Populations of Gliricidia were examined genetically using approaches based on the polymerase chain reaction to test for interspecific hybridization and introgression between G. sepium and G. maculata. Analysis involved 13 RAPD and two RFLP-PCR markers which were identified to have species-diagnostic distributions. Data from both approaches corresponded and indicated three locations where multilocus genotypes were consistent with an hybrid origin. Data at one of these sites was consistent with introgression following hybridization. The hybrid origin of populations was supported by the intermediate geographical location of these sites to 'pure' populations of each species. Analysis of maternally inherited organellar DNA, which involved the detection of SSCPs in mitochondrial DNA amplification products, allowed further delineation of genetic structure among Gliricidia populations. Mitochondrial data indicated a high degree of organelle differentiation between sampled locations and identified G. sepium- and G. maculata-diagnostic haplotypes. This data supported the interpretation of genetic structure based on RAPDs and RFLP-PCR. In addition, cytonuclear analysis allowed the directionality of gene transfer during the formation of hybrid populations to be described. Despite evidence for the occurrence of interspecific hybridization and introgression in Gliricidia, important resource populations of G. sepium on the Pacific coast appear to have retained their genetic integrity. Implications in terms of the conservation and utilization of genetic resources within the genus are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0962-1083
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Central America, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-DNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Fabaceae, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Hybridization, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Mexico, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Plants, Medicinal, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Sequence Tagged Sites, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9147697-Trees
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection and pattern of interspecific hybridization between Gliricida sepium and G. maculata in Meso-America revealed by PCR-based assays.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell and Molecular Genetics, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't