Genetic diversity analysis of Pinellia ternata based on SRAP and TRAP markers

An assessment of the genetic diversity and variation of Pinellia ternata collected from 43 populations in China was undertaken using SRAP + TRAP markers. A total of 13 SRAP primers in addition to 3 TRAP primer combinations yielded 292 bands in total of which 286 were polymorphic (98.0%), with an average of 16 for each. The PIC value ranged from 0.88 to 0.95, with a mean polymorphic information content (PIC) of 0.92 over all the primers. A cluster analysis was conducted based on the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic average (UPGMA), and a principle coordinate analysis (PCA) was performed relying on Nei's genetic distance, both of which showed similar outcomes in that the results of clustering did not correlate to the geography locations but showed an association with morphology. An analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) was performed to detect the source of variation; the results indicated that the main variation existed within populations (67.2%), whereas there was still 32.8% differentiation existing among the populations.