Garcinia L. is a pantropically distributed genus with high species richness in south East Asia, and composed of 240 woody tree species. In India the genus represented by 36 species including 6 endemic to Western Ghats only. For Genus Garcinia Western Ghats is considered as secondary center for origin (Abraham et al. 2006). It includes G. indica (Thouars) Choisy, G. gummi-gutta (L.) Robs., G. hombroniana Pierre and G. xanthochymus Hook.f. ex Anders that provide important resources in Indian continent. Some species are also well-known among local populations due to their various culinary purposes and medicinal properties. More recently the pharmacological properties of Garcinia species have been deeply explored (Hart and Cock 2016). The
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Parthasarathy et al. (2013) made an attempt on morphological, biochemical and molecular diversity of Garcinia. Identification of germplasm can be made easy by distinguishing morphological characteristics of plant and biochemical content analysis (Gallego and Martinez, 1996). Beside that germplasm identification can be made by molecular marker also. The identification and grouping of the accessions become difficult when they are collected from their natural habitat and in the absence of a clear morphological attributes.
Molecular markers can be used for genetic diversity, population and species density and evolutionary studies. They comprise a large variety of DNA which can be employed for analysis of genetic and molecular variation. Such markers do not affect by the environment and maintained their traits because of their linkage and controlling the genes. These markers are inherited in both the patterns dominant and …show more content…
Some past studies have produced estimation of genetic diversity in Genus Garcinia. However, information on genetic diversity and genetic relationships of Garcinia is very limited. Yapwatannaphun et al. (2004) utilized ITS sequences to investigate the relationship between G. mangostana and its wild relatives. It had mainly found that G.mangostana is closely related to G. malaccensis. Seeing the availability of ITS sequence for utilization of genetic diversity Liu et al (2016) also made an attempt on relationship of several Garcinia species from china. Nazer et al. (2007) studied phylogenetic relationships between cultivated Garcinia species distributed in Malaysia and some wild
Parthasarathy et al. (2013) made an attempt on morphological, biochemical and molecular diversity of Garcinia. Identification of germplasm can be made easy by distinguishing morphological characteristics of plant and biochemical content analysis (Gallego and Martinez, 1996). Beside that germplasm identification can be made by molecular marker also. The identification and grouping of the accessions become difficult when they are collected from their natural habitat and in the absence of a clear morphological attributes.
Molecular markers can be used for genetic diversity, population and species density and evolutionary studies. They comprise a large variety of DNA which can be employed for analysis of genetic and molecular variation. Such markers do not affect by the environment and maintained their traits because of their linkage and controlling the genes. These markers are inherited in both the patterns dominant and …show more content…
Some past studies have produced estimation of genetic diversity in Genus Garcinia. However, information on genetic diversity and genetic relationships of Garcinia is very limited. Yapwatannaphun et al. (2004) utilized ITS sequences to investigate the relationship between G. mangostana and its wild relatives. It had mainly found that G.mangostana is closely related to G. malaccensis. Seeing the availability of ITS sequence for utilization of genetic diversity Liu et al (2016) also made an attempt on relationship of several Garcinia species from china. Nazer et al. (2007) studied phylogenetic relationships between cultivated Garcinia species distributed in Malaysia and some wild