Morphological and molecular analysis of common millet (P. miliaceum) cultivars compared to an aDNA sample from the 15th century (Hungary)

Summary Morphological characterization of 20 common millet (Panicum miliaceum L., 2n = 4x = 36) cultivars and landraces revealed four distinct clusters which were apparently consistent with the grain colors of black, black and brown, red, yellow, and white. Seed remains of medieval millet, recovered from a 15th century layer (King's Palace, Budapest, Hungary), showed reddish yellow grain color after rehydrating on tissue culture medium that was close to grain color of modern cultivar Omszkoje. aDNA of medieval commom millet was extracted successfully, analyzed and compared to modern common millets by ISSR, SSR, CAP and mtDNA. Analyses of fragments and sequences revealed polymorphism at seven ISSR loci (15 alleles) and at the 5S-18S rDNA locus of mtDNA. CAP analysis of the 5S-18S rDNA fragment revealed no SNPs in the restriction sites of six endonucleases TaqI, BsuRI, HinfI, MboI, AluI and RsaI. Sequence alignments of the restriction fragments RsaI also revealed consensus sequence in the medieval sample compared to a modern variety. An attempted phenotype reconstruction indicated that medieval common millet showed the closest morphological similarity to modern millet cultivar Omszkoje.     

大豆油分蛋白质含量相关QTL的实用性验证

本文利用己发表的一些与油分、蛋白质含量主效QTL相连锁的SSR标记,对72份全国各地高油、高蛋白种质资源进行蛋白质和油分含量的分析。通过对9个SSR位点各等位变异的蛋白质和油份含量的方差分析,检测到4个与油分含量相关的等位变异,以及4个与蛋白质含量相关的等位变异。其中satt193、satt491、satt030和satt331分别在DNA片段长度为210～280bp之间检测出与油分含量相关的等位变异。Satt523、satt321、satt231和satt578在DNA片段长度为170-320bp之间检测出和蛋白质含量相关的等位变异。实验证实了与这些位点相连锁OTL的通用性及实用性。     

人工合成六倍体小麦与普通小麦杂交后代衍生群体的PPO基因分析

四倍体小麦与节节麦杂交培育的人工合成六倍体小麦已广泛应用于国内外小麦品种改良。以引自CIMMYT的Syn768、Syn769、Syn780和Syn786人工合成六倍体小麦分别与中国四川成都平原主栽普通小麦品种杂交、回交的BC2F2：6后代群体中选育的113份优良高代系和川麦38、川麦42、川麦43和川麦47育成品种为材料,采用SSR特异引物Xgwm312标记位点的PAGE凝胶电泳对其PPO基因型进行了研究。结果表明,Xgwm312位点的标记具有多态性,其PCR扩增产物可产生198bp、216bp、232bp和240bp四种等位基因变异片段。在所检测的117份后代衍生群体材料中,65份材料具有198bp片段的等位基因,占全部材料的55．56％;13份含216bp片段的等位基因,其频率为11．11％,35份材料具有232bp片段的等位基因,分布频率为29．91％;只有4份材料含有240bp片段的等位基因,仅占全部材料的3．42％。从每个人工合成六倍体小麦亲本材料所形成的后代衍生群体来看,基因等位变异片段分布频率各不相同。说明PPO基因在小麦杂交后代材料中基因型的表现存在着随机性,与亲本的基因型状况关系极大,并且在后代材料中出现了亲本都没有的240bp等位基因变异片段的材料。通过研究人工合成六倍体小麦与普通小麦杂交后代的PPO基因型,有助于提高分子标记育种效率,也有助于PPO基因型的多态性研究,并为人工合成六倍体小麦在我国小麦品种改良和分子标记育种中的应用提供依据和方法。     

中国88个马铃薯审定品种SSR指纹图谱构建与遗传多样性分析

为对马铃薯品种鉴别、优良杂交组合选配提供分子水平上的依据,利用SSR标记构建了中国2000-2007年审定的88个马铃薯品种的指纹图谱并进行了遗传多样性分析。以138对SSR引物对16份遗传差异较大的马铃薯材料的基因组DNA进行了扩增,筛选出10对多态性高、谱带清晰的引物。利用10对SSR引物对全部供试材料进行扩增及电泳检测,共检测到135个等位位点,其中133个为多态性位点,多态性比率达98.52%。每对SSR引物扩增出的等位位点数7~22个,平均13.5个,多态性信息量变化范围为0.7604~0.9375,平均0.8501。通过对电泳检测结果的统计分析,利用S180、S25、S7、S151、S184及S192等6对引物构建了88份供试材料的SSR指纹图谱。聚类分析表明,在相似系数0.620处,所有供试材料被被聚为一类,在相似系数0.652处,81.8%的材料仍然聚在一起,从分子水平上表明供试材料遗传基础非常狭窄。聚类分析结果与供试材料系谱来源有较好一致性,同一栽培区域育成的品种在不同程度上聚在一类。     

云南粳稻和韩国粳稻的遗传差异分析

采用134对SSR引物对11个云南粳稻和10个韩国粳稻进行遗传差异分析。结果表明,112对引物具有多态性,共检测到370个等位基因,每对引物检测到2-7个等位基因,平均为3.3个,SSR多态信息量（PIC）分布范围为0.091-0.807,平均为0.466。韩国粳稻比云南粳稻反映出较高的遗传多样性,10个韩国粳稻有96对引物具有多态性,共检测到273个等位基因,每对引物检测到2-5个等位基因,平均为2.84个,SSR多态信息量（PIC）分布范围为0.180-0.780,平均为0.482,遗传相似系数变幅为0.66-0.93,平均为0.79;11个云南粳稻有93对引物具有多态性,共检测到235个等位基因,每对引物检测到2-5个等位基因,平均为2.53个,SSR多态信息量（PIC）分布范围为0.165-0.744,平均为0.406,遗传相似系数变幅为0.73-0.98,平均为0.85。聚类分析表明,云南和韩国粳稻的遗传差异较大,在今后的云南粳稻品种选育中,利用韩国粳稻拓展云南粳稻的遗传基础和改善稻米品质显得十分必要。     

Development of novel microsatellite markers for effective applications in Anthurium cultivar identification

Anthurium andraeanum is one of the most economically important floral crops and potted flowers marketed worldwide. Microsatellite markers are currently the preferred molecular marker owing to the many desirable attributes, including hypervariability, codominance, and amenability to high-throughput genotyping; however, there are few polymorphic molecular markers available for Anthurium. The object of this study was to develop and characterize novel microsatellite markers using the Araceae sequences in GenBank of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) to contribute to molecular identification for cultivar protection. Using 1,579 Araceae expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and the related nucleotide sequences, 100 candidates contained simple sequence repeat (SSR) motifs that were suitable for primer design. Furthermore, 100 pairs of SSR primers were screened against a set of 28 diverse genotypes representing 24 cultivars that included four registration cultivars which were bred from the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) and 20 commercial cultivars, appended with three hybrid progeny and a mutant line. From the selected six polymorphic SSR loci, 52 alleles were amplified and 27 distinct genotypes were found, except for ‘Tropical’ and its mutant, with a mean number of eight alleles per locus. The polymorphism information content (PIC) ranged from 0.86 to 0.93. Based on these results, we proposed a key identification set using four microsatellite markers that is sufficient to discriminate among 24 cultivars. Because the Anthurium microsatellite markers developed in this study are primarily from expressed sequence tags or related genomic sequences, they can be used for cultivar identification and, accordingly, contribute to genetic evaluations in breeding programs.     

Development of PCR-based markers for a major locus conferring powdery mildew resistance in mungbean (Vigna radiata)

Powdery mildew (PM) can cause significant yield loss in mungbean and several loci conferring resistance to this disease have been identified. A restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) marker (VrCS65) linked closely to one of these loci was used to screen a mungbean bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library and positive BAC clones identified were used to develop simple sequence repeat (SSR or microsatellite) and sequence tagged site (STS) markers. Four of the new PCR markers (including two SSRs and two STSs) co-segregated with the original RFLP marker VrCS65, and another SSR marker (VrCS SSR2) was located 0.5 cM away from it. These PCR-based and locus-specific markers could be useful in breeding cultivars with enhanced resistance to PM and in the further characterization of the locus including the isolation of gene(s) responsible for the resistance.     

山西冬小麦品种Waxy蛋白分析及分子标记研究

利用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)法分析了山西100份小麦品种(系)Waxy蛋白的缺失类型,筛选出缺失Wx-B1蛋白亚基的材料8份。利用2个STS标记和1个SSR标记对不同Waxy蛋白缺失类型进行鉴定,验证其在分子标记辅助育种中的有效性,结果表明:Wx-7A位点的STS引物在野生型中扩增出1条450 bp的特异带,而在缺失Wx-A1蛋白亚基的突变材料中扩增出1条327 bp的特异带;Wx-4A位点的STS引物在野生型中扩增出1条440 bp的特异带,缺失Wx-B1蛋白亚基的突变材料中没有该扩增片段;Wx-7A,Wx-7D位点的SSR引物在野生型中分别扩增出1条265 bp和1条204 bp的特异带,在缺失Wx-A1和Wx-D1蛋白亚基的突变材料中没有扩增出该特异带。这3个标记可以用于分子标记辅助育种。     

A polymorphic microsatellite in the 3'end of 'waxy' genes of wheat, Triticum aestivum

Potential polymorphism of an (AT)_N microsatellite at the 3’end of waxy genes in bread wheat was examined. Primers were designed from a published cDNA sequence of a wheat waxy gene. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of genomic DNA from 135 mainly Australian cultivars revealed eight alleles on chromosome 7A. This polymorphic microsatellite is a potential codominant marker for the Wx-A1 locus in breeding programmes. A distinguishable fragment was also amplified from chromosome 7D. This fragment was absent where a plant was null for the waxy gene on chromosome 7D, being a dominant marker for the Wx-D1 locus. The primers were also useful for amplifying genomic DNA from barley, rye and triticale and can be used to detect potential polymorphism in these species.     

Development and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers from an Enriched Genomic Library of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

The development, characterization and application of cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.) microsatellite markers was accomplished using a library-enrichment procedure. Fifty-seven primer pairs flanking the microsatellite repeats were used for DNA amplification. Sixteen C. sativus accessions were assessed for polymorphisms using 45 primer pairs. The average number of alleles per locus was 3.6, and up to seven alleles were found at one locus. The maximum polymorphism information content value was 0.78 with an average of 0.47. The cucumber microsatellite makers could be useful for seed purity control in hybridity testing. Some of these cucumber markers were transferable to other cucurbit species (i.e. melon, watermelon, pumpkin and bitter gourd).     

石榴基因组DNA的提取及RAPD引物筛选

以山东省枣庄市峄城区中国石榴种质资源圃内石榴品种为材料,采取改良CTAB法提取石榴基因组DNA,经RAPD-PCR扩增筛选引物。结果表明：CTAB法提取的石榴基因组DNA谱带清晰,纯度高,浓度大,可以用于RAPD分析。从50条随机引物中筛选出多态性高、重复性好的多态性引物20条。20条引物对10个品种扩增结果共产生180个位点,多态性位点为134,多态性比率为74.4%。     

Abundance, polymorphism and genetic mapping of microsatellites in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)

The objective of the present study was to estimate the abundance and degree of polymorphism of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers in rapeseed. By screening about 45000 clones of a small inserts library of rapeseed total DNA the abundances of GA/TC and CA/TG simple sequence repeats in the rapeseed genome were estimated to be approximately one repeat every 100 kb and 400 kb, respectively. After sequencing 13 positive clones, primer pairs could be designed for 11 microsatellite loci. Seven of these primer pairs produced reproducible amplification products in a set of 31 rapeseed genotypes, with one pair amplifying two independent products, giving a total of eight amplified loci. The different microsatellite loci displayed between one and three visible alleles. At four loci, additional null alleles were observed. With up to four alleles, polymorphic microsatellite markers show significantly higher allele numbers in rapeseed than restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers. Four of the eight microsatellite markers could be mapped on four different linkage groups of an RFLP map of the rapeseed genome.     

用于区别不同棉花品种基因组特征的微卫星位点筛选

保守性强、重复性好、多态性高的微卫星位点可被有效用于构建作物DNA条形码。选取目前生产上主要推广种植、代表不同来源系统的12个棉花品种作为微卫星位点筛选材料,参考我室构建的四倍体栽培棉种种间高密度遗传图谱信息,从376对覆盖全基因组的SSR引物中,筛选出51对引物可扩增出带型清晰且多态性高的微卫星位点。这些引物在12个供试品种中共产生155个等位位点,每对引物揭示的等位基因位点在2~7之间,平均值为3.04。参照微卫星位点的染色体定位和多态信息,在每条染色体上选择一个多态性相对高的SSR位点,其相应的26对SSR引物被推荐为构建棉花品种DNA条形码的一套首选引物,并初步应用于12个品种的DNA条形码编制。其余25对引物作为候选引物。使用该套引物扩增出的微卫星位点可用于大量棉花品种DNA条形码构建,为棉花品种真实性和纯度的分子鉴定奠定基础。     

贵州省甘蔗审定品种及区试材料的SSR-CE/FD分析

旨在保护贵州育种单位知识产权,指导当地甘蔗杂交育种亲本组合的制定。采用SSR标记和毛细管电泳/荧光检测技术相结合(SSR-CE/FD)的技术,对12个贵州甘蔗材料进行基因型分析,利用NTsys软件进行数据处理。21对多态性高的SSR引物共获得131条扩增带,多态性条带比例为90.1%,平均每对引物产生6.2个条带。其中11个条带为7个品种(系)中某一品种(系)的特征条带;利用这些特征条带可以迅速将该7个品种(系)的中某一品种(系)与其他材料区分开。引物SMC31CUQ多态性条带比例为100%,且可以将12个甘蔗材料完全区分开,是分辨率最高的引物。UPGMA聚类分析表明12个甘蔗无性系间的遗传相似系数变异范围为0.64~0.92。本研究成功构建了贵州3个审定品种和9个区试材料基于131个SSR条带的指纹图谱,12个甘蔗无性系之间遗传基础较为狭窄,育种工作中应选用遗传背景差异大的甘蔗亲本,从而拓宽贵州甘蔗品种(系)的遗传基础。     

SSR荧光标记和银染技术的比较分析

应用多重PCR简单重复序列（SSR）荧光标记分析技术和常规的SSR银染技术，对北方冬麦区451份材料（中国小麦初选核心种质的一部分）进行分析，用相同材料和引物，对这两种方法的检测效果进行评价。用24对引物扩增，银染法共检测出235个等位变异，每个位点检测到的等位变异为3～20，平均为9.8个，多态性信息指数PIC为0.22～0.93     

Sequence variation at a microsatellite locus (XGWM261) in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties

The wheat microsatellite XGWM261 is of interest to wheat breeders because of its linkage to a commercially significant reduced height gene (Rht8). Previous studies have indicated that there are three major alleles at the XGWM261 locus and that the majority (90%) of varieties are homozygous, generating PCR products of 192,174, or 165 bp. As a preliminary investigation of heterozygosity and sequence variation at the XGWM261 locus in Australian wheat varieties, we cloned and sequenced PCR products from 24 hexaploid varieties of significance in Australian breeding programmes. Three major alleles of 192, 174 and 164 bp were found, but a165 bp allele was not detected. Prior genotyping via electrophoretic methods had indicated that 2 of the 24 (8%) varieties were heterozygous. Our results indicate that 6 varieties (25%) carry 2 or more of the major alleles. It is not clear whether this results from heterozygosity within individual seeds, or from heterogeneity of breeding stocks. With respect to the microsatellite region itself, we found that the 174 bp and 164 bp alleles actually represent (CT)₁₁AG and (CT)₆AG motifs (respectively) rather than(CT)₁₂ and (CT)₇. This finding has diagnostic potential. A further 2 varieties also carry an interrupted (CT)_nCC(CT)_n microsatellite not previously recorded. It is unclear whether this represents a separate allelic lineage or is simply the result of replication error. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Genetic diversity and population structure of Indian soybean [<Emphasis Type="Italic">Glycine max</Emphasis> (L.) Merr.] revealed by simple sequence repeat markers

Genetic diversity in 90 Indian soybean cultivars was assessed using 45 SSR markers distributed on 20 soybean chromosomes. Forty-five SSR markers generated 232 alleles with an average of five alleles/locus. The observed frequencies of the 232 alleles ranged from 0.01 to 0.94 with an average of 0.19. The polymorphic information content (PIC) value of the SSR markers varied from 0.10 to 0.83 with an average of 0.61 and about 71% markers have a PIC value of >0.5. In this study, 54 rare alleles including 19 genotype specific alleles were also identified. The observed hetrozygosity for SSR markers ranged from 0 to 0.11 with a mean of 0.10. Cluster analysis grouped the 90 soybean cultivars into three major clusters and principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) results were similar to those of the cluster analysis. A combination of eight SSR markers successfully differentiated all 90 soybean cultivars. The population structure analysis distributed the 90 soybean genotypes into two populations with mean alpha (α) value of 0.1873. In AMOVA analysis, proportion of variation within population was high (88%), whereas only 12% occurred among populations. In cluster and structure analyses, most of the genotypes with similar pedigree were grouped together. Soybean cultivars DS228, MACS-13, LSb-1, Hardee, Improved Pelican, and Pusa-24 were the six most genetically distinct cultivars identified. The study reported a moderate genetic diversity in Indian soybean cultivars and findings would be useful to the soybean breeders in selecting genetically distinct parents for a soybean improvement program.     

基于甘蔗热带种(LA-purple)全基因组序列的SSR开发及特征分析

现代甘蔗栽培品种(2n = 100~130)是由甘蔗热带种(2n = 80)与割手密(2n = 40~128)种间杂交而来, 形成异源多倍体、非整倍体作物, 使得甘蔗栽培品种中80%~90%的染色体来源于热带种。开发热带种基因组SSR分子标记, 有助于甘蔗遗传多样性分析、分子标记辅助选择、遗传图谱的构建等。本研究基于热带种LA-purple的全基因组测序数据的255 398个预测基因序列(累计总长为1 029 222 285 bp), 利用Perl程序与生物信息学软件结合, 发掘SSR位点, 获得了153 150个SSR位点, 平均每1.67个基因有1个SSR位点, 其中二、三核苷酸重复基序分别为39 556个和50 072个, 占总SSR位点数的58.5%。在二核苷酸重复基序中, TA/AT所占比例最高, 占41.4%, CG/GC所占比例最低, 占4.6%; 在三核苷酸碱基重复基序中, TGT/ACA所占比例最高, 为15.6%。在TA/AT重复类型中选取100个基序重复次数在60~90之间的SSR位点, 进行引物设计与合成, 在12个甘蔗属材料中进行PCR扩增分析, 从中筛选出52对具有多态性SSR引物, 其中有27对引物在研究的2个甘蔗栽培品种间表现为多态。这些基因组SSR标记的开发, 不仅可以用于甘蔗栽培品种DNA指纹图谱分析, 而且为甘蔗属不同种的遗传图谱构建、遗传多样性分析和重要性状的遗传机制解析奠定基础, 为甘蔗分子育种研究提供重要支撑。     

Italian rice varieties: historical data, molecular markers and pedigrees to reveal their genetic relationships

Two molecular marker approaches [amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and simple sequence repeat (SSR)] were employed to study genomic relationship among 96 rice cultivars. These included most of the best reputed Italian accessions. AFLP produced 461 fragments, 248 (53%) of which were polymorphic, SSR produced four to 11 alleles in the 12 genomic loci investigated. Genomic similarity was estimated independently for the two molecular marker techniques. Both AFLP and SSR dendrograms agree in splitting the cultivars into two main clusters: a small one, comprising four exotic accessions, and a larger one which could be split into four subgroups. These were also analysed on the basis of historical and pedigree information. This is the first report on the application of DNA polymorphism analysis to reveal genomic relationship among cultivated Italian rice germplasm. Results will be useful for breeding programmes.     

Development of a PCR marker tightly linked to mollis, the gene that controls seed dormancy in Lupinus angustifolius L.

Wild plants of Lupinus angustifolius avoid extinction in a drought year by production of seeds with coats that are impermeable to water, preventing germination of a large percentage of the seed in any given year. Domesticated cultivars of this species carry the recessive gene mollis, making the seed coat permeable to water and, in turn promoting good crop establishment in the year of sowing. A dominant microsatellite‐anchored fragment length polymorphism candidate marker was identified as being tightly linked to mollis in a population of recombinant inbred lines derived from domesticated and wild‐type parents. The candidate marker was excised from the gel, amplified by PCR, sequenced and extended beyond the SSR end of the original MseI‐SSR fragment. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms were found within this extended sequence. Specific primers were designed to create a marker 209 bp long. PCR products of these primers run on a single strand conformation polymorphism gel resolved in a co‐dominant fashion. This marker will be used in marker‐assisted selection for mollis when introgressing wild material into lupin breeding programmes.