title: Species identification and sex determination of the genus Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae).
abstract: Nepenthes species are well known for their ornamentally attractive pitchers. The species diversity was randomly surveyed in some conservation areas of Thailand and three species were found, namely N. gracilis Korth., N. mirabilis Druce. and N. smilesii Hemsl. Young plants as unknown species from Chatuchak market were added in plant sampled set. Thirty two Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) primers were screened and 13 successful primers were used to produce DNA banding patterns for constructing a dendrogram. The dendrogram is potentially power tool to identify unknown species from Chatuchak market, differentiate species population, population by geographical areas and sex determination. The geographical area of N. mirabilis was specified to Southern and Northeastern regions and finally, subdivided into exact areas according to province. Male and female plants of N. gracilis at Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary and N. mirabilis at Bung Khonglong non-hunting area were determined. Two unknown species from Chatuchak market were analyzed to be N. mirabilis with the genetic similarities (S) 77.2 to 84.7. Be more sex specific in all sample studied, 37 Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers were investigated. The result shows that only one RAPD primer show high resolution results at about 750 bp specific male-related marker.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailan.
authors.forename: Piya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mokkamul
authors.forename: Arunrat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaveerach
authors.forename: Runglawan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sudmoon
authors.forename: Tawatchai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanee
mesh_terms: D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D019849:Sex Determination Processes; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant