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Assessment of the genetic diversity of fig trees growing in Lebanon indicates a continuum of genetic diversity between spontaneous and cultivated forms

Article number
1384_30
Pages
233 – 238
Language
English
Abstract
Studying the genetic relationships between natural gene pools and cultivated forms is essential to understanding crop plants’ origin and domestication process.
In this work, we aimed to clarify this process for fig (Ficus carica L.) in Lebanon, by analyzing at a fine scale, the genetic structure between spontaneous populations and local cultivars.
A set of 48 wildly grown individuals and 42 cultivated fig trees, sampled from several areas in the country, were analyzed using 15 microsatellites loci.
SSRs were found to be polymorphic revealing a total of 80 alleles, with two to eight alleles per locus for the spontaneous figs and one to six alleles for the cultivated ones.
A similar genetic diversity within cultivated (Ho=0.48) and spontaneous forms (Ho=0.53) was noted.
Bayesian analysis separated the cultivated and spontaneous forms in two distinct groups.
However, a genetic proximity was suspected between cultivated and spontaneous fig indicating a local selection process.

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Authors
L. Chalak, A. Chehade, A. Elbitar, H. Achtak, S. Santoni, L. Essalouh, B. Khadari
Keywords
Ficus carica L., accessions, microsatellites, genetic diversity, east Mediterranean
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