Allozyme variation of populations of Castanopsis carlesii (Fagaceae) revealing the diversity centres and areas of the greatest divergence in Taiwan.
Resource
Ann Bot-London,98(3),601-608.
Journal
Ann Bot-London
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
3
Pages
601-608
Date Issued
2006-09
Date
2006-09
Author(s)
Abstract
From the data of expected heterozygosity, one major diversity centre was situated in central Taiwan corroborating previous reports for other plant species. According to the mean FST value of each population, the most divergent populations were situated in two places. One includes populations located in north central Taiwan between 24.80 degrees N and 24.20 degrees N. The other is located in south-eastern Taiwan between 22.40 degrees N and 23.10 degrees N. These two regions are approximately convergent with the most divergent locations determined for several other plant species using chloroplast DNA markers published previously. An important finding obtained from this study is that unordered markers like allozymes can be used to infer past population histories as well as chloroplast DNA markers do.
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