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[Comparison of rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences in asparagus]
Li-Jun Ou1, Wei Ye, Gui-Ping Zeng
1Department of Life Science, Huaihua University Huaihua 418008, China. ou9572@126.com
Objective:
Using ITS sequence of nine species to identify counterfeiting medicine and analyse phylogenetic of Asparagus.
Methods:
Analysing ITS sequences by amplification, cloning,sequencing and alignment.
Results:
The length range of ITS sequence of nine species was from 711 to 748 bp, the percentage of G + C content was about 60%. The phylogenetic tree constructed on the basis of the ITS sequences showed that nine species were divided into two branches: Asparagus cochinchinensis, Asparagus officinalis, Asparagus densiflorus, Asparagus densiflorus cv. Myers and Asparagus densiflorus cv. Sprengeri were a branch and the others were a branch. Asparagus densiflorus and Asparagus densflorus cv. Myers those were from Africa had priority to clustering and then clustering with Asparagus densiflorus cv. Sprengeri that was a variant of Asparagus densiflorus in the first branch. Asparagus setaceus had relatively distant genetic relationship with the others three materials in another branch.
Conclusions:
The ITS sequences could distinguish species of Asparagus to test the counterfeit. Division status in phylogenetic tree of some species were debatable and ITS sequence was combined with others analytical tools to analyze the realistic phylogeny.
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