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  • Plant genetics
  • Population genetics
  • Conservation biology

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  • Genetic diversity is crucial for population resilience and adaptation.
  • Maintaining allele copies during crop regeneration is essential for preserving genetic resources.
  • Allele frequency and locus number significantly impact genetic diversity maintenance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Determine optimal sample sizes for regenerating genetic populations to retain alleles.
  • Develop probability models for sample size estimation across independent loci.
  • Examine theoretical aspects of selecting core subsets from genetic collections.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized probability models to calculate required sample sizes.
  • Assessed sample sizes based on varying allele frequencies (p0) and locus numbers.
  • Investigated sample sizes needed to capture rare alleles (0.03-0.05 frequency).

Main Results:

  • For 10 loci with p0=0.05, 89-155 individuals are needed to retain alleles with 90% probability.
  • For 100 loci with p0=0.03, 75-186 individuals are required to capture alleles.
  • Sample sizes of 160-210 plants ensure capture of alleles at 0.05 frequency across 150 loci (90-95% probability).
  • Core subsets of 25-100 accessions can capture most rare alleles (0.03-0.05 frequency).

Conclusions:

  • Probability models provide a framework for optimizing sample sizes in crop genetic regeneration.
  • Adequate sample sizes are critical for preserving genetic diversity and rare alleles.
  • Core subset selection strategies are effective for capturing widespread rare alleles.