title: Nucleotide divergence between populations of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) estimated with RAPDs.
abstract: In the present study, a total of 142 trees sampled from five populations of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) in Alberta was analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with five random oligonucleotide primers. Null-allele frequencies of 28 putative RAPD loci were estimated using the given departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (F1S) previously estimated with isozyme markers for the same population. Nucleotide divergence between populations was then estimated in a fashion similar to restriction-fragment data, but considering the dominance of the RAPDs. The average of nucleotide divergence between populations was in the order of 0.0005 and nucleotide divergence were found to be highly correlated with geographic distance. The results suggest that isolation by distance may be an important factor in the genetic differentiation of trembling aspen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014197:Trees / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant