Nymphaea odorata (Water-lily, Nymphaeaceae): Analyses of molecular and morphological studies

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dc.contributor.authorWoods, Kristi Yvonneen
dc.contributor.committeechairHilu, Khidir W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAdler, Lynn S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTurner, Bruce J.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:30:03Zen
dc.date.adate2003-03-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:30:03Zen
dc.date.issued2003-02-06en
dc.date.rdate2004-03-11en
dc.date.sdate2003-02-20en
dc.description.abstractMolecular and morphologic studies were used to determine the evolution, classification and differentiation of Nymphaea odorata. Molecular analyses of the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, the chloroplast trnL-F region, and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers determined the variation present between and within two species of Nymphaea. The ITS region resulted in a phylogeny depicting strong separation between species (N. mexicana and N. odorata) and some separation between N. odorata's subspecies. The ITS region contained polymorphisms, which upon SAHN clustering and principle coordinate (PCOA) and minimum spanning tree (MST) analyses produced groups similar to the clades in the ITS phylogeny. Sixteen accessions were chosen for trnL-F analysis, where a subspecies-specific molecular marker was found. In most accessions the marker confirmed the original subspecies classification. Molecular analyses using ISSRs characterized among population variation in N. odorata and N. mexicana using five primers. ISSR markers among populations were highly variable within a species and were used in UPGMA, PCOA and MST analysis, which resulted in separation between the subspecies. Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on quantitative and qualitative morphological characters. An analysis of variance resulted in six morphological characteristics that were statistically significant (P< 0.05), the majority being leaf blade characteristics. Multivariate statistics of principle component analysis and discriminate analysis resulted in groups for each subspecies, both emphasized the importance of quantitative leaf blade characteristics. Overall, both morphology and molecular characteristics supported the classification of subspecies for ssp. odorata and ssp. tuberosa, due a lack of strong segregation of characteristics.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02202003-125752en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02202003-125752/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41234en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartWoodsMSthesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectinternal transcribed spacer (ITS)en
dc.subjectmorphological variationen
dc.subjecthybridizationen
dc.subjectinter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR)en
dc.subjecttrnL-Fen
dc.subjectNymphaeaen
dc.subjectspeciationen
dc.titleNymphaea odorata (Water-lily, Nymphaeaceae): Analyses of molecular and morphological studiesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineBiologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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