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This document discusses genetic variation in tropical tree species. It defines genetic variation as genetic differences within a population that explain evolutionary change and phenotypic variation. The four main sources of genetic variation are mentioned as mutation, genetic drift, selection, and gene flow. The document then reviews studies on genetic variation in several tropical tree species, finding both low and high levels of variation between species. Factors that can influence genetic variation in tropical trees are also noted.

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Sources-and-Variation-of-Trees 2

This document discusses genetic variation in tropical tree species. It defines genetic variation as genetic differences within a population that explain evolutionary change and phenotypic variation. The four main sources of genetic variation are mentioned as mutation, genetic drift, selection, and gene flow. The document then reviews studies on genetic variation in several tropical tree species, finding both low and high levels of variation between species. Factors that can influence genetic variation in tropical trees are also noted.

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Genetic Variation in Tropical Tree Species

(Sources and Variation of Trees)


Presented by: Clariss Mortejo
Topic Outline
• Genetic Variation
• Source of Genetic Variation
• Genetic Variation in Tropical
Forest Tree Species
• Factors Influencing the Genetic
Variation in Tropical Tree
Species
Genetic Variation
• Genetic differences within a population.
• Species exhibit different genotypes
(alleles) at each gene locus
• It explains the evolutionary change or
adaptive potential and dictates the
phenotypic variation of any tree
population or species, expressed across
their morphological or physiological
traits.
Source of Genetic Variation
• Genetic variation is a result of four evolutionary factors: mutation,
random genetic drift, selection, and gene flow or migration
⚬ Mutation -heritable changes in an individual's genetic structure
that are not caused by gene interaction or recombination.
⚬ Genetic drift - random fluctuations of genetic structures often
due to limited population size.
⚬ Selection - a process whereby a population’s genetic
composition changes due to the greater reproductive
contribution of individuals better suited to the environmental
conditions.
⚬ Gene flow or migration - movement of alleles from one
population to another through fruit, seed or pollen dispersal
Genetic Variation in Tropical Forest Tree Species
LOW VARIATION
Acacia Mangium Mansonia Altissima Acer Skutchii Prunus Africana Moringa Oleifera

Australia, New Guinea, Nigeria Mexico Ethiopia, Kenya, India


Moluccas Cameroon, Madagascar,
Uganda
(RFLP) (AFLP) (SSR) (RAPD) (SSR)
Genetic Variation in Tropical Forest Tree Species
LOW VARIATION HIGH VARIATION
Eucalyptus Teretocornis
Pinus Merkusii Acacia Albida Acacia Mangium Celtis Zenkeri

India Thailand West Africa Indonesia Nigeria


(ISSR) (Isozyme) (Isozyme) (SSR) (AFLP)
Genetic Variation in Tropical Forest Tree Species
HIGH VARIATION
Koompasia Malaccensis Triplochiton Scleroxylon
Prunus Africana Tectona Grandis Pinus Merkussi

Singapore Nigeria Kenya Myanmar Indonesia


(SSR) (AFLP) (SSR) (SSR) (SSR)
Genetic Variation in Tropical Forest Tree Species
HIGH VARIATION
Swietenia Macrophylla
Pinus Carabaea Shorea Leprosula Shorea Leprosula

Bahamas Malaysia Malaysia Mexico


(SSR) (Isozyme) (SSR) (SSR)
Factors
influencing the
genetic
variation in
tropical tree
species
Figure 1. Directional factors influencing genetic diversity in tropical treese
Thank You!
Reference
• Emerson, A. and Friedl, E. (2023), Genetic variability and random mutation | definition and overview. https://study.com/academy/lesson/genetic-variability-and-random-mutation.html
• Minter, M. et.al. (2023). What is genetic diversity and why does it matter? https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2021.656168
• Oluwajuwon, T. et.al. (2022). Genetic variation in tropical tree species and plantation: A review. Open Journal of Forestry. 12, 350-366. DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2022.123019

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