Yao, Ruyu;
Wang, Bin;
Heinrich, Michael;
Wang, Qiuling;
Xiao, Peigen;
(2024)
Genetic diversity of food-medicinal <i>Lycium </i>spp. in China: Insights from chloroplast genome.
Chinese Herbal Medicines
, 16
(3)
pp. 401-411.
10.1016/j.chmed.2024.02.003.
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Abstract
Objective: Goji (fruits of Lycium spp.) is commonly consumed as food and medicine. The increasing market demand for goji has led to its wide cultivation and broad breeding, which might cause loss of genetic diversity. This study aims to uncover the genetic diversity of the cultivated and wild Lycium. Methods: The chloroplast genome (CPG) of 34 accessions of Chinese food-medicinal Lycium spp., including the popular cultivars and their wild relatives, was re-sequenced and assembled, based on which the genetic diversity was evaluated. Results: Sequence structural comparison shows that CPG is comparatively conserved within species. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that CPG is sufficient for the discrimination of Lycium species; combined with nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (Nr ITS) sequences, materials with mixed genetic backgrounds can be identified. Nucleotide diversity analysis reveals that the modern cultivars are probably with a common maternal parent, while the wild accessions are with higher level of genetic diversity. Conclusion: For the first time this study reveals the intraspecies genetic diversity of Lycium spp. using CPG, highlighting the urgent conservation demand of wild genetic resources of Lycium. Our study also demonstrates that CPG provides crucial evidence for identification of Lycium species with mixed genetic backgrounds and highlights the importance of the wild relatives in genetic diversity conservation. This CPG-based technology will contribute to the sustainable development of medicinal plants broadly.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Genetic diversity of food-medicinal <i>Lycium </i>spp. in China: Insights from chloroplast genome |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chmed.2024.02.003 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chmed.2024.02.003 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Chemistry, Medicinal, chloroplast genome, cultivar, food-medicine, genetic diversity, goji, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Pharmacology & Pharmacy, PLANT, POLYMORPHISM, Science & Technology, SEQUENCE, SOLANACEAE, wild relative |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharma and Bio Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198092 |
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