@article{Liu_Wang_Song_Khayatnezhad_Minaeifar_2022, title={Genetic variations and interspecific relationships in Salvia (Lamiaceae) using SCoT molecular markers}, volume={74}, url={https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/caryologia/article/view/886}, DOI={10.36253/caryologia-886}, abstractNote={<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The genus <em>Salvia</em> includes an enormous assemblage of nearly 1000 species dispersed around the World. Iran having 19 endemic species out of 61 is regarded as one of the important regions for <em>Salvia </em>diversity in Southwest Asia. <em>Salvia</em> species are herbaceous, rarely biennial or annual, often strongly aromatic. These species are of medicinal, commercial and horticultural value. Due to the importance of these plant species, we performed a combination of morphological and molecular data for this species. For this study, we used 145 randomly collected plants from 30 species in 18 provinces. Amplification of genomic DNA using 10 primers produced 134 bands, of which 129 were polymorphic (97.78%). The obtained high average PIC and MI values revealed high capacity of SCoT primers to detect polymorphic loci among <em>Salvia</em> species. The genetic similarities of 30 collections were estimated from 0.61 to 0.93. According to the SCoT markers analysis, <em>S. tebesana </em>and <em>S. verticillata</em> had the lowest similarity and the species of <em>S. eremophila </em>and<em> S. santolinifolia </em>had the highest similarity. The aims of present study are: 1) can SCoT markers identify<em> Salvia</em> species, 2) what is the genetic structure of these taxa in Iran, and 3) to investigate the species inter-relationship? The present study revealed that SCoT markers can identify the species.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>}, number={3}, journal={Caryologia}, author={Liu, Songpo and Wang, Yuxuan and Song, Yuwei and Khayatnezhad, Majid and Minaeifar, Amir Abbas}, year={2022}, month={Apr.}, pages={77–89} }