title: Genetic diversity of Chilean and Brazilian alstroemeria species assessed by AFLP analysis.
abstract: One to three accessions of 22 Alstroemeria species, an interspecific hybrid (A. aurea x A. inodora), and single accessions of Bomarea salsilla and Leontochir ovallei were evaluated using the AFLP-marker technique to estimate the genetic diversity within the genus Alstroemeria. Three primer combinations generated 716 markers and discriminated all Alstroemeria species. The dendrogram inferred from the AFLP fingerprints supported the conjecture of the generic separation of the Chilean and Brazilian Alstroemeria species. The principal co-ordinate plot showed the separate allocation of the A. ligtu group and the allocation of A. aurea, which has a wide range of geographical distribution and genetic variation, in the middle of other Alstroemeria species. The genetic distances, based on AFLP markers, determined the genomic contribution of the parents to the interspecific hybrid.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Breeding, The Graduate School of Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. tae-ho.han@users.pv.wau.nl
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Jeu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Eck
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002677:Chile; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant; D004247:DNA