Clausena lansium, Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata belong to the different genus of Rutaceae. On the basis of LEAFY (LFY in brief) gene sequences of C. sinensis and P. trifoliata, a pair of 21 bp primers was designed and used to amplify about a 2 300 bp DNA fragment from C. lansium by PCR. The DNA fragment was cloned into pMD18-T vector and then sequenced. The sequence analysis showed that the genomic DNA clone with 2 346 bp contained a complete coding sequence of LFY homologous gene (ClLFY) which 3 exons were composed of a completed open reading frame and encoded 397 amino acids. The identities of nucleotide sequences of LFY genes between C. lansium with C. sinensis and P. trifoliata were more than 92%, and their identities of amino acid sequences were 95%.The result also indicated that C. lansium LFY gene was one amino acid less than the LFY homologous genes from C. sinensis and P. trifoliata.The research laid a sound foundation for studying the regulation and control in flowering mechanism in C. lansium at the molecular level in the future.
Chloroplast inter-simple sequence repeat markers in mango were developed and used to analyze the genetic relationship and diversity of mango and its relatives. Thirty-six mango cultivars (Mangifera indica L.) and its relative species collected from the fruit germplasm collection in the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, were examined by ISSR-PCR with chloroplast DNA (cpDNA). Eight better primers for chloroplast DNA that provided reproducible, polymorphic DNA amplification patterns were screened from 50 ISSR primers and used for UPGMA analysis. According to the band patterns with 8 primers for chloroplast DNA, all cultivars tested were distinguished from each other and these showed ample genetic diversity; the average percentage of polymorphism was 77.2%. The 36 samples could be clustered into four groups by UPGMA analysis at the coefficient 0.74. The results indicated that the cpISSR marker was a new powerful tool for the identification of mango cultivars or its relative species, and their genetic relationship analysis and diversity evaluation.
