Genetic Diversity of the Relict Plant Taiwania Cryptomerioides Hayata (Cupressaceae) in Mainland China
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In comparison with other coniferous The genetic diversity and differentiation of five popu- species, T. cryptomerioides from mainland China pos- lations of Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata in mainland sesses little genetic variation, particularly at the level of China were investigated using inter-simple sequence individual populations (the percentage of polymorphic loci, Nei’s gene diversity and Shannon’s indices of diver- 1) South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of sity at the species and population levels are 38.02%, Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, P. R. China. 0.1326, 0.1986 and 9.27%, 0.035, 0.0518 respectively). 2) Center for Functional Genomics and Microarray, Guangzhou In contrast, the level of population differentiation is University, Guangzhou 510405. much higher (GST: 0.7269; Shannon’s genetic differentia- θ B *) Corresponding author: Dr. XUE-JUN GE. South China Botanical tion: 0.7392; Hickory : 0.668; AMOVA genetic differen- Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, tiation: 72.37%). The genetic divergence of pairs of pop- P. R. China. Tel: +86-20-3725 2551; Fax: +86-20-3725-2831. E- ulations was not significantly correlated with the geo- mail address: [email protected],[email protected] graphical distance separating them. Current patterns of 242 Silvae Genetica 57, 4–5 (2008) genetic variation were related to biogeographic history Information about the genetic structure of a rare and the small population size. On the basis of these species such as this, as well as data on its overall level findings, we discuss the development of conservation of genetic diversity, are particularly important for strategies for this endangered species. species conservation. Genetic analyses can provide valu- Key words: Taiwania cryptomerioides; genetic diversity, ISSR, able insights into the processes influencing extinction China, relict species, conservation (CLARKE and YOUNG, 2000) and, increasingly, genetic data have been used to define conservation management units and to predict changes in population structure and Introduction dynamics (NEWTON et al., 1999). However, in comparison Like most of the genera within the Cupressaceae that with the rarities from Europe and North America, few evolved since the Jurassic period, Taiwania, one of the detailed studies of genetic variation have been under- so-called “living fossils”, is considered to be an ancient taken on rare plants in China. Subtropical mainland genus in evolutionary terms with its origin dating back Asia was one of the most important refugia for plants to the Tertiary. According to the fossil evidence, e.g. Tai- during the Pleistocene glaciations because it was not wania schaeferi Schloem.-Jäg. discovered in Klein- covered by ice sheets. Many species that became extinct saubernitz (Germany) (WALTHER, 1999), Spitsbergen elsewhere survived in this region, but in a state of isola- (Norway) and Alaska (LePage BA, unpublished data), tion and in small populations. Strong genetic differenti- this genus was widespread in what are now the temper- ation has been discovered in some relict conifer species ate regions of the northern hemisphere (FLORIN, 1963). in China, for example Cathaya argyrophylla (GE et al., Today, Taiwania, a monotypic genus containing only 1998), Glyptostrobus pensilis (LI and XIA, 2005), Metase- Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata, has a scattered dis- quoia glyptostroboides (LI et al., 2005) and Ametotaxus tribution. Its distributional range covers mountain argotaenia (GE et al., 2005). The genetic diversity of areas on the border between Burma and China (south- T. cryptomerioides from Taiwan has been assessed previ- western part of Yunnan province), the Hoang Lien Son ously by allozyme (LIN et al., 1993), ISSR and ITS mountain range in northern Vietnam, and Taiwan sequence analysis (CHANG, 2005). A low genetic differen- (FARJON, 2002; FARJON and GARCIA, 2003). Taiwan is an tiation (GST: 5.2% based on allozyme data, LIN et al., important refuge for T. cryptomerioides: it grows on the Φ 1993; ST: 15.26% using ISSR, CHANG, 2005) was found Central Mountain at the altitudes of 1600–2600 m, in the Taiwanese populations. Nevertheless, the where the largest population and greatest timber yield intraspecific genetic variation across the distributional in the world are found (HUANG, 1983). In addition, there range still remains unknown. are still a few individuals of T. cryptomerioides in main- Among various molecular tools, the inter-simple land China: in the remote Lichuan mountains in Hubei sequence repeats (ISSR) method has been widely used Province, Leishan mountains in Guizhou Province, and for studies of population genetics, because the repeats Gutian-Pingnan mountains in Fujian Province. These are highly variable, and the method is economical in areas are regarded as having acted as key refugia for terms of time, money, and labor (GUPTA et al., 1994; relict species during Pleistocene glaciations (WU, 1980; ZIETKIEWICZ et al., 1994; TSUMURA et al., 1996; WOLFE WANG and LIU, 1994). The populations in mainland and LISTON, 1998). ISSRs have also been used to deter- China have only been widely known to botanists since mine the genetic diversity of species of conservation con- th the early decades of the 20 century, and have some- cern (ESSELMAN et al., 1999). Technically, the ISSR reac- times been regarded as comprising a different species, tion is more specific than RAPD amplification due to the namely T. flousiana Gaussen. Due to human overex- longer SSR-based primers (WOLFE and LISTON, 1998). ploitation in the past century, the conservation status of One limitation of the ISSR technique is that the bands this species is “vulnerable” according to the IUCN Red are scored as dominant markers and that genetic diver- List criteria (FARJON, 2001) and it is a protected species sity estimates are based on diallelic characters, thus the in China (FU, 1995). level of genetic diversity may be underestimated. The T. cryptomerioides is a component of evergreen primary objective of this study was to use ISSR markers broadleaf forests in mountainous areas. It occurs at an to investigate genetic variation within and between the altitude of 500–2800 m in “coniferous, broad-leaved, or extant T. cryptomerioides populations in mainland mixed evergreen valley forests on acid, red, or brown China.