Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2002, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (01): 1-10.

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Advances of Plant Molecular Ecology (II)——Phylogeography, Alien Species, Conservation Genetics and Others

WANG Zheng-FengZHANG Jun-LiLI Ming-GuangWANG Bo-Sun HE Xing-JinPENG Shao-Lin   

  1. 1(South China Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650) 2(School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275)3(Department of Biology, Sichuan Teachers College, Nanchong 637002)
  • Received:2000-11-14 Revised:2001-05-29 Online:2002-01-20 Published:2002-01-20
  • Contact: WANG Zheng Feng

Abstract: This paper introduces four fields of molecular ecology studied in plant. These include phylogeography, alien species, conservation genetics and contamination. Molecular markers, used in phylogeographical studies, help find the refugia of species during last glaciation and its migration routes after glaciation; The succ essful establishment of alien species may attribute to hybridization with and introgression from native species; Then the importance of conservation genetics is discussed from four aspects; Finally, the possible contamination in molecular ecology studies including the ecological impacts of transgenic species is mentioned. 