Title: | Population genetic analysis of a global collection of Fragaria vesca using microsatellite markers |
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Date: | 2017-08-30 |
Language: | English |
Scope: | e0183384 |
University/Institute: | Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands Agricultural University of Iceland |
Department: | Auðlinda- og umhverfisdeild (LBHÍ) Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (AUI) |
Series: | Plos One;12(8) |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0183384 |
Subject: | Genetic Analysis; Botany; Erfðagreining; Grasafræði |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/469 |
Citation:Hilmarsson HS, Hytönen T, Isobe S, Göransson M, Toivainen T, Hallsson JH. (2017) Population genetic analysis of a global collection of Fragaria vesca using microsatellite markers. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183384. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0183384
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Abstract:The woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca, holds great promise as a model organism. It not only represents the important Rosaceae family that includes economically important species such as apples, pears, peaches and roses, but it also complements the well-known model organism Arabidopsis thaliana in key areas such as perennial life cycle and the development of fleshy fruit. Analysis of wild populations of A. thaliana has shed light on several important developmental pathways controlling, for example, flowering time and plant growth, suggesting that a similar approach using F. vesca might add to our understanding on the development of rosaceous species and perennials in general. As a first step, 298 F. vesca plants were analyzed using microsatellite markers with the primary aim of analyzing population structure and distribution of genetic diversity. Of the 68 markers tested, 56 were polymorphic, with an average of 4.46 alleles per locus. Our analysis partly confirms previous classification of F. vesca subspecies in North America and suggests two groups within the subsp. bracteata. In addition, F. vesca subsp. vesca forms a single global population with evidence that the Icelandic group is a separate cluster from the main Eurasian population.
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Rights:This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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