| Literature DB >> 24533164 |
Helena Teixeira1, Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría1, Cristina Nabais1.
Abstract
Juniperus thurifera L. is an important tree endemic to the western Mediterranean basin that it is able to grow in semi-arid climates. It nowadays exhibits a disjunct distribution pattern, occurring in North Africa, Spain, France and the Italian Alps. The Strait of Gibraltar has acted as an efficient barrier against gene flow between African and European populations, which are considered different subspecies by some authors. We aimed at describing the intraspecific genetic diversity of J. thurifera in populations from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco and the phylogeographical relationships among these populations. The ploidy level of J. thurifera was examined and eleven nuclear microsatellites (nSSRs) developed for J. thurifera were assessed for genotyping this species. Six nSSRs were polymorphic and subsequently used to assess the genetic diversity and structure of the studied populations. Genotyping of the tetraploid J. thurifera using nuclear microsatellites supports the separation of Moroccan and Spanish populations into two genetically differentiated groups that correspond to the proposed subspecies africana and thurifera. High values of within population genetic diversity were found, that accounted for 90% of the total genetic variance, while population structure was weak. The estimators of genetic diversity were higher in populations of Spain than in populations of Morocco pointing for a possible loss of genetic diversity during the spread of this species to Africa from Europe.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24533164 PMCID: PMC3923062 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Characteristics of the 11 primers tested for J. thurifera genotyping: locus name, forward and reverse primer sequences, motif, size, annealing temperature and fluorescent dye used.
| Locus name | Forward primer sequence | Reverse primer sequence | Motif | Allele size range (bp) | Annealing T (°C) |
| JT_01 |
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| TA6 | 120–182 | 57 |
| JT_04 |
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| AGA7 | 174–219 | 55 |
| JT_30 |
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| TCT10 | 128–220 | 57 |
| JT_33 |
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| CT11 | 177–285 | 57 |
| JT_40 |
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| CA20 | 98–150 | 54 |
| JT_46 |
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| AGG7 | 174–237 | 54 |
| JT_02 |
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| GAA8 | 148 | 55 |
| JT_03 |
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| CTT8 | 140 | 55 |
| JT_34 |
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| AG12 | 110 | 55 |
| JT_37 |
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| GT14 | 123 | 55 |
| JT_38 |
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| AC14 | 114 | 55 |
Above: loci used in genotyping, below: loci that did not show polymorphism.
Diversity of the studied populations of Juniperus thurifera obtained from the analysis of 6 nuclear microsatellite loci.
| Country | Population | N | An | Ae′ | PA | Hs | I |
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| Morocco | Oukaimeden 1 | 19 | 88 | 6.272 | 0 | 0.802 | 0.213 | 0.129 |
| Tizi Techt | 22 | 80 | 5.230 | 1 | 0.793 | 0.190 | 0.115 | |
| Oukameiden 2 | 20 | 71 | 5.580 | 0 | 0.792 | 0.181 | 0.112 | |
| Matat | 19 | 73 | 5.651 | 0 | 0.800 | 0.189 | 0.117 | |
| Azzaden Oussem | 31 | 82 | 5.019 | 1 | 0.773 | 0.187 | 0.113 | |
| Spain | LunaA | 21 | 74 | 6.075 | 3 | 0.811 | 0.193 | 0.120 |
| LunaB | 30 | 101 | 6.672 | 4 | 0.822 | 0.225 | 0.135 | |
| Abejar | 24 | 88 | 6.146 | 1 | 0.795 | 0.211 | 0.129 | |
| Cabrejas | 24 | 100 | 6.693 | 3 | 0.802 | 0.222 | 0.134 | |
| Lanaja | 27 | 90 | 5.753 | 1 | 0.789 | 0.206 | 0.124 | |
| Monegros | 24 | 80 | 5.419 | 4 | 0.776 | 0.197 | 0.120 |
N = number of individuals, An = number of alleles in each population, Ae′ = average number of effective alleles per locus, PA = number of private alleles per population, Hs = heterozygosity within populations, I = Shannon's Information Index, H = genetic diversity.
Pairwise PhiPT genetic distances between the studied populations.
| Oukameiden 1 | Tizi Techt | Oukameiden 2 | Matat | Azzaden Oussem | LunaA | LunaB | Abejar | Cabrejas | Lanaja | Monegros | |
| Oukameiden 1 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Tizi Techt | 0.070 | 0.001 | 0.118 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Oukameiden 2 | 0.030 | 0.043 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Matat | 0.066 | 0.012 | 0.051 | 0.282 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Azzaden Oussem | 0.042 | 0.022 | 0.026 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| LunaA | 0.084 | 0.115 | 0.099 | 0.091 | 0.097 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| LunaB | 0.105 | 0.125 | 0.122 | 0.112 | 0.127 | 0.032 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Abejar | 0.073 | 0.094 | 0.088 | 0.077 | 0.085 | 0.046 | 0.056 | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.002 | |
| Cabrejas | 0.087 | 0.084 | 0.096 | 0.075 | 0.098 | 0.061 | 0.042 | 0.022 | 0.003 | 0.002 | |
| Lanaja | 0.068 | 0.090 | 0.106 | 0.074 | 0.086 | 0.055 | 0.058 | 0.023 | 0.026 | 0.012 | |
| Monegros | 0.084 | 0.076 | 0.106 | 0.068 | 0.093 | 0.065 | 0.048 | 0.034 | 0.029 | 0.019 |
PhiPT values are shown below diagonal. Probability based on 1000 permutations is shown above diagonal.
Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) showing the partitioning of genetic variation within and between regions of J. thurifera.
| Source of variation | df | SS | MS | Est. Var. | % |
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| Among Regions | 1 | 99.898 | 99.898 | 0.631 | 5.80 | <0.001 |
| Among Population | 9 | 172.093 | 19.121 | 0.394 | 3.60 | <0.001 |
| Within Population | 250 | 2451.678 | 9.806 | 9.806 | 90.50 | <0.001 |
(df = degree of freedom, SS = sum of squares, MS mean squares, Est. var. = estimate of variance, % = percentage of total variation, P-value is based on 1000 permutations).
Figure 1Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of the 261 individuals based on genotyping with 6-microsatellite loci.
Red: samples from Morocco, blue: samples from Spain.
Figure 2Means of assignment coefficients to each group (K = 2) per population according to BAPS.
Populations are ordered by their origin. Morocco: Oukameiden 1, Tizi Techt, Oukameiden 2, Matat, Azzaden Oussem. Spain: Luna A, Luna B, Abejar, Cabrejas, Lanaja, Monegros.