Molecular Markers for Conservation of Rare Plant Species in the Far East Region

Zhuravlev Yu.N., Koren O.G., Muzarok T.I., Reunova G.D., Kozyrenko M.M., Artyukova E.V., Ilyushko M.V.

В журнале Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Год: 1999 Том: 46 Номер: 6 Страницы: 838-848

The prospective for using molecular approaches in conservation and traditional biological studies is reviewed. The focus is on the methods of allozyme analysis and the polymerase chain reaction with random primers (randomly amplified polymorphisms of DNA) used to study genome polymorphism and genetic structure in the populations of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer and to tag the species in the genus Iris. The feasibility of these approaches; is discussed, in the context of developing a strategy for conservation and the reintroduction of the rare and vanishing plant species.