Abstract:Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel.is a rhizome grass species,which has two ecotypes,a gray green type and a yellow green type,in the south of the Songnen Plain of China.Levels of allozyme diversity and genetic differentiation were assessed for 14 allozyme loci in 7 populations of the gray green type and 2 populations of the yellow green type (a total of 271 individuals). Leymus chinensis maintained relatively high genetic variation at the ecotype,population and species levels as compared with the aver...