title: Genetic polymorphism in eight Chilean strains of the carotenogenic microalga Dunaliella salina Teodoresco (Chlorophyta).
abstract: Eight Chilean strains of Dunaliella salina obtained within a restricted geographic range, but exhibiting a high variability in their morphology, rate of growth and carotenogenic capacity, were analyzed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) Twenty of the 50 random primers (D, P, OPA and OPD series) that were tested amplified reproducible bands and were useful for comparative analysis of the strains. Of 107 polymorphic genetic markers, 49 were strain-specific. A great genetic variability was found among the strains in spite of their geographic proximity. In addition, phenetic analysis of the data showed close agreement between the morphophysiological attributes and the genetic diversity of the strains.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile. pgomez@udec.cl
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002677:Chile; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000235:genetics*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique / Q000379:methods; D019207:beta Carotene
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D019207:beta Carotene