Genetic diversity comparisons of wild populations of Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae) in Russia and China using microsatellite markers,Plant Systematics and Evolution

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Genetic diversity comparisons of wild populations of Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae) in Russia and China using microsatellite markers
Plant Systematics and Evolution ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 , DOI: 10.1007/s00606-020-01708-1
Zhi-Zhong Li , Md. Rabiul Islam , Shi-Xu Huang , Dan Yang , Yeshitila Mekbib , Popova Svetlana , Hong-Bing Sun , Jin-Ming Chen , Xing-Yu Yang

The wild sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera is considered as an endangered aquatic plant in China and Russia. To date, the assessments and comparisons of the genetic diversity of wild populations of N. nucifera in Russia and China are very limited. Here, we sampled 15 wild populations of N. nucifera, including 208 individuals from these two key areas and genotyped using 13 microsatellite markers. Our results revealed 154 multilocus genotypes (MLGs) among individuals. Excluding the NS049 Locus that showed significant null alleles, we further assessed the genetic diversity of 154 MLGs in our study. The Chinese populations exhibited slightly lower genetic diversity compared to the Russian ones. Overall, the study showed low levels of genetic diversity (HO = 0.174 and HE = 0.251) with substantial genetic differentiation (FST = 0.547) in N. nucifera populations. We found a greater genetic variation residing among populations (54.74%) and a significant correlation (R2 = 0.8756, P = 0.01) between genetic and geographic distances. In Bayesian analyses, we found that the populations were clustered into three distinct genetic pools (K = 3) supported by principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) and neighbor-joining (NJ) tree. We observed low gene flow between the genetic pools (NM = 0.2649). Nine of the 15 populations showed recent bottlenecks, demonstrating the N. nucifera populations were vulnerable or endangered in Russia and China. Therefore, based on the available genetic variations and the levels of threats, we recommended important population sites for the preservation of N. nucifera through complimentary conservation approaches.

更新日期：2020-08-26

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