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| Author(s): |
Juliana Massimino Feres
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2009-03-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Ana Lilia Alzate Marin;
Mario Luiz Teixeira de Moraes;
Alexandre Magno Sebbenn
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| Advisor: | Ana Lilia Alzate Marin |
| Abstract | |
Tabebuia roseo-alba (Ridl.) Sand (Guayacan blanco) is one semideciduous tree that blossoms massively between August and September. Valuable for the quality of its wood, as well as its ability to ornamentation, this species has been used in urban afforestation and reforestation. The forest fragmentation reduces the size of the reproductive population, population density and can isolate populations and individuals in fields and pastures. Thus, the knowledge of the fragmentation effects may be indispensable for successful tree species conservation, breeding and regeneration. So, the aims of this study were: transfer, standardize and characterize molecular markers microsatellites developed for Tabebuia aurea; assess the diversity and genetic divergence, the mating system and the flow of pollen in two populations of T. roseoalba in different preservation conditions in an urban area located in Ribeirao Preto- SP and in a natural environment from Selvíria-MS. Therefore, open-pollinated seeds derived from seed-trees coming from the two populations above were collected. All samples had their DNA extracted and amplified with eight pairs of heterologous microsatellites. The analysis showed that all assessed loci have simple Mendelian inheritance and independent segregation, and are, therefore, suitable for studies of mating system, genetic structure of populations and paternity analysis. It was also noted that the two populations have high genetic diversity (He ranging from 0.743 to 0.835) being Selvíria samples more diversified. The levels of genetic divergence among populations were high and with a tendency to increase when the generations of offspring were compared. The analysis of the mating system showed that the populations have a mixed-mating system ( m t Ribeirão Preto = 0.840 e m t Selvíria = 0.963) with an increasing of self-fertilization in isolated trees from the urban population. Significant deviations from random mating were observed through of mating among relatives and correlated matings among and within fruits, indicating inbreeding in the populations. The effective number of pollen donors was very low for the same fruit (1.21 in Ribeirão Preto and 1.50 in Selvíria) and higher among fruits of the same tree (8.20 in Ribeirão Preto and 9.8 in Selvíria ). The average distance of the pollen flow accessed by TWOGENER analysis was low in the two populations in both normal (35.4 m in Ribeirão Preto and 57.3 m in Selvíria) and exponential models (39.9 m in Ribeirão Preto and 64.6 m in Selvíria). As the knowledge of inbreeding, correlated matings, self-fertilization and spatial genetic structure are key factors to making decisions for the collection of seeds and planting seedlings, these results may help forest restoration programs and conservation of this species. (AU) | |