Patel, Mohana Kumara and Dayanandan, Selvadurai and Ramesh, Vasudeva and Gudasalamani, Ravikanth and R, Uma Shaanker (2022) Population Genetic Diversity of Dysoxylum Binectariferum, an Economically Important Tree Species of the Western Ghats, India. In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics Tools in Biodiversity Conservation. Springer, Singapore, pp. 251-266. ISBN 978-981-16-6005-4
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Abstract
Dysoxylum binectariferum is an important timber and medicinal tree species distributed in the Western Ghats, India. The species is highly threatened by anthropogenic activities and has been extensively harvested in many parts of the Western Ghats. Populations of D. binectariferum are thus fragmented and reduced to incredibly small numbers. Here, we sampled six fragmented populations of D. binectariferum and used four polymorphic microsatellite loci to investigate population gene flow and genetic variation, as well as diversity in adults and seedlings. We found high levels of within-population diversity (mean alleles/locus = 4.875; mean HE = 0.63), low genetic differentiation between populations (FST = 0.16), and a consistent deficit of heterozygotes across all populations (mean FIS = 0.11). There was a significant reduction in allelic richness in seedlings (mean allele/locus = 3.29) compared to adults (mean allele/locus = 4.37), although both had similar levels of mean observed heterozygosity (Ho = 0.55). Decline in seedling allelic richness suggests the present populations have been affected by habitat fragmentation, and warrants consideration in conservation and management planning of D. binectariferum populations.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to The Authors, under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dysoxylum binectariferum, Habitat fragmentation, Western Ghats, SSR, Genetic diversity |
| Subjects: | A ATREE Publications > H Book Chapters |
| Divisions: | SM Sehgal Foundation Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation |
| Depositing User: | Ms Suchithra R |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2025 06:08 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2025 06:08 |
| URI: | http://archives.atree.org/id/eprint/819 |

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