Morphological and molecular variation in Mitchella undulata, with special reference to the systematic treatment of the dwarf form from Yakushima
Morphological and molecular variation in Mitchella undulata, with special reference to the systematic treatment of the dwarf form from Yakushima
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DOI:
10.1007/s10265-003-0105-7
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发表时间:
2003-06
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
J. Yokoyama;T. Fukuda;H. Tsukaya
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作者:
J. Yokoyama;T. Fukuda;H. Tsukaya
Morphological and molecular variation inMitchella undulataSiebold et Zucc. was examined to evaluate the genetic basis for recognizing the dwarf variety,M. undulatavar.minorMasamune. Considerable variation in leaf size inM. undulata, but no obvious morphological discontinuities, were found between the normal and dwarf varieties. Instead, a weak cline running from the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan was found. Anatomical observations of leaf blades revealed that the large variation in leaf size can be attributed to variation in the number of leaf cells and not to differences in cell size. A molecular analysis based on sequences of rDNA internal transcribed spacer regions indicated that there were two major genotypes inM. undulatawith minor variation in haplotypes resulting from additional substitutions or putative recombination. The dwarf form from Yakushima was neither genetically uniform nor apparently differentiated from other populations. From these results, we conclude that the dwarf form ofM. undulatashould be treated at the rank of forma.