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In order to ensure the genetic diversity of the Olea europaea complex,it is necessary to characterize the cultivated varieties and the wildpopulations. In the present study, we focused on the olives growing on twoMediterranean islands, Corsica and Sardinia. On these two islands, there areolives with many denominations, as well as forests of oleasters. Here, it wasproposed to determine the relationships among cultivated and wild olives.Some Italian denominations were studied in addition to assess the influenceof the mainland on the two islands in this respect.The 59 RAPD markers obtained showed the existence of manysynonymous, and homonymous. A dendrogram was constructed using theUPGMA method and a FCA was carried out. The results of these twoanalyses showed the existence of a genetic divergence between the oleastersand the cultivated varieties. They suggest that some of the Corsicanvarieties were probably selected from local wild forms, contrary to theSardinian varieties. They also show that there are feral forms growing onboth islands, which result from hybridization between oleasters andvarieties.
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Bronzini de Caraffa, V., Giannettini, J., Gambotti, C. et al. Genetic relationships between cultivated and wild olives of Corsica and Sardinia using RAPD markers. Euphytica 123, 263–271 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014902210530
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