PMID- 28135314 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170809 LR - 20181113 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 1 DP - 2017 TI - The Evolution of Vicia ramuliflora (Fabaceae) at Tetraploid and Diploid Levels Revealed with FISH and RAPD. PG - e0170695 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0170695 [doi] LID - e0170695 AB - Vicia ramuliflora L. is a widely distributed species in Eurasia with high economic value. For past 200 years, it has evolved a tetraploid cytotype and new subspecies at the diploid level. Based on taxonomy, cytogeography and other lines of evidence, previous studies have provided valuable information about the evolution of V. ramuliflora ploidy level, but due to the limited resolution of traditional methods, important questions remain. In this study, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) were used to analyze the evolution of V. ramuliflora at the diploid and tetraploid levels. Our aim was to reveal the genomic constitution and parents of the tetraploid V. ramuliflora and the relationships among diploid V. ramuliflora populations. Our study showed that the tetraploid cytotype of V. ramuliflora at Changbai Mountains (M) has identical 18S and 5S rDNA distribution patterns with the diploid Hengdaohezi population (B) and the diploid Dailing population (H). However, UPGMA clustering, Neighbor-Joining clustering and principal coordinates analysis based on RAPD showed that the tetraploid cytotype (M) has more close relationships with Qianshan diploid population T. Based on our results and the fact that interspecific hybridization among Vicia species is very difficult, we think that the tetraploid V. ramuliflora is an autotetraploid and its genomic origin still needs further study. In addition, our study also found that Qianshan diploid population (T) had evolved distinct new traits compared with other diploid populations, which hints that V. ramuliflora evolved further at diploid level. We suggest that diploid population T be re-classified as a new subspecies. FAU - Han, Ying AU - Han Y AD - School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China. FAU - Liu, Yuan AU - Liu Y AD - College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Wang, Haoyou AU - Wang H AD - School of life science and technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China. FAU - Liu, Xiangjun AU - Liu X AD - College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170130 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (DNA Probes) RN - 0 (Genetic Markers) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 5S) SB - IM MH - *Biological Evolution MH - China MH - Chromosomes, Plant/genetics MH - DNA Probes/metabolism MH - *Diploidy MH - Genetic Markers MH - Geography MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/*methods MH - Metaphase MH - Phylogeny MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics MH - Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique/*methods MH - *Tetraploidy MH - Vicia/*genetics PMC - PMC5279728 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2017/01/31 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/10 06:00 PMCR- 2017/01/30 CRDT- 2017/01/31 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/01/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/01/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/01/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-16-24272 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0170695 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2017 Jan 30;12(1):e0170695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170695. eCollection 2017.