Cotyledon storage proteins as markers of the genetic diversity in Castanea sativa Miller.
This study has been to analyse the useful nut globulin proteins as a marker of the genetic diversity in Castanea sativa. The evaluated populations were highly polymorphic for the globulins, being detected up to 35 polymorphic bands with a wide distribution among all the evaluated populations. Taken together for populations from all the chestnut regions, about 39.3% of total allelic variation was distributed among the populations. The estimates of genetic similarity between populations were clearly associated with the collecting site. This method of analysis of the nut storage proteins (globulins) could be a useful tool for the evaluation of genetic diversity in this and other species of the Fagaceae.
Departamento de Genética, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos y de Montes, Universidad de Córdoba, Apdo. 3048, E-14080 Córdoba, Spain. ge2alcaj@uco.es
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JB
Alvarez
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C
Muñoz-Diez
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A
Martín-Cuevas
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S
Lopez
L M
LM
Martín
D000483:Alleles; D018548:Cotyledon / Q000235:genetics; D029962:Fagaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005916:Globulins / Q000235:genetics; D009754:Nuts / Q000235:genetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D013030:Spain
D005819:Genetic Markers; D005916:Globulins; D010940:Plant Proteins