期刊
ECONOMIC BOTANY
卷 70, 期 1, 页码 37-48出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-016-9333-3
关键词
Zea mays; biodiversity conservation; urban agriculture; germplasm erosion; genetic resources; crop evolution; home gardens; community gardens; immigrant farmers; ethnobotany
资金
- National Science Foundation Biocomplexity Grant [DEB-0409984]
- UCMEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Research Grant
Contemporary germplasm conservation studies largely focus on ex situ and in situ management of diversity within centers of genetic diversity. Transnational migrants who transport and introduce landraces to new locations may catalyze a third type of conservation that combines both approaches. Resulting populations may support reduced diversity as a result of evolutionary forces such as genetic drift, selection, and gene flow, yet they may also be more diverse as a result of multiple introductions, selective breeding and cross pollination among multiple introduced varietals. In this study, we measured the amount and structure of maize molecular genetic diversity in samples collected from home gardens and community gardens maintained by immigrant farmers in Southern California. We used the same markers to measure the genetic diversity and structure of commercially available maize varieties and compared our data to previously reported genetic diversity statistics of Mesoamerican landraces. Our results reveal that transnational dispersal creates an opportunity for the maintenance of maize genetic diversity beyond its recognized centers of diversity.
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