Development and utilization of genomic and genic microsatellite markers in Assam tea (Camellia assamica ssp. assamica) and related Camellia species

Microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers are valuable tools for many purposes, such as phylogenetic, fingerprinting and molecular breeding studies. However, such marker resources are unavailable in Assam tea (Camellia assamica ssp. assamica; Masters). With an objective to enrich the repertoire of microsatellite markers in traditional tea, 185 novel microsatellite (150 genomic and 35 genic) markers were identified from (GA)n‐enriched genomic libraries and public expressed sequence data in Assam tea. High‐quality 0.412‐Mb non‐redundant (NR) genomic data set derived from nucleotide sequencing of 1297 (GA)n‐enriched genomic positive clones and 2723 unigenes (1.33 Mb) predicted from 10 803 random public expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in C. assamica ssp. assamica were utilized for identification of genomic and genic microsatellite markers, respectively. The average number of alleles and polymorphic information content (PIC) recorded for the newly developed SSR markers were 6.17 and 0.398, respectively. The average observed (H_o) and expected (H_e) heterozygosity varied from 0.626 to 0.697, respectively. These markers were found to be highly transferable (74.5–100%) to cultivated (C. sinensis, C. assamica ssp. lasiocalyx) and five wild Camellia species. Genetic diversity coefficient detected a high level of divergence in 24 cultivated tea accessions (69.3%). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that major groupings were broadly in accordance with taxonomic classification of tea, and all the wild Camellia species remained as an out‐group. The high polymorphic content coupled with high rate of cross‐transferability demonstrates wider applicability of novel microsatellite markers in genotyping, genetic diversity, genome mapping and evolutionary studies in various Camellia species.     

芝麻EST-SSR标记的开发和初步研究

为了加速分子标记在芝麻研究中的应用,利用网上现有的芝麻EST(expressed sequence tags)数据信息,开展了芝麻EST-SSR功能性标记的开发和利用研究。 在所有的3 328条芝麻EST序列中共确认得到1 785条非冗余EST序列。其中,在含有微卫星重复的148条序列中共检测有155个EST-SSR。非冗余EST序列总长为774.266 kb,平均每4.99 kb含有一个EST-SSR。EST-SSR的分布频率和特征分析表明,以AG/TC为重复基元(motif)的SSR出现最多,占总SSR的37.42%。利用这些序列,设计开发了50对EST-SSR引物,并分别选用36个芝麻、2个棉花、2个大豆和2个油葵进行多态性和通用性研究。其中44对引物在供试芝麻材料中扩增出条带,共产生108个位点,平均每对引物产生2.45个位点,多态信息含量(polymorphism information content, PIC)平均值为0.390。根据遗传相似性系数进行聚类,有26个芝麻材料聚类在两个大的亚类(III和IV)中,聚类结果表明芝麻的基因型与地理来源之间没有必然的联系。此外,分别有2对、3对和4对引物可以在棉花、大豆和油葵中进行通用性扩增。本研究证实这种全新开发的芝麻EST-SSR标记在芝麻遗传多样性分析、遗传图谱构建以及比较基因组等研究方面有广阔的利用前景。     

基于转录组测序的槜李EST-SSR标记开发

为开发槜李EST-SSR标记,本研究利用MISA软件筛选了槜李花转录组测序获得的35584条Unigenes,对其SSR信息进行分析后,利用Primer Premier 3.0软件设计EST-SSR引物,并随机选取40对SSR引物对12个李品种进行EST-SSR引物筛选及多态性分析。结果发现,在槜李花转录组中共搜索到个10791个SSR位点,分布于8433条Unigenes,SSR发生频率为23.70%,平均每3.71 kb含有1个SSR;SSR重复基元中二核苷酸重复出现频率最高,占总SSR数量的52.98%,其次为三核苷酸重复(占24.00%)和单核苷酸重复(占20.95%);二核苷酸重复基元以AG/CT为主(85.95%),三核苷酸重复基元以AAG/CTT为主(31.24%)。利用Primer Premier 3.0软件共设计出9870对候选引物,随机选择40对引物对12个李品种进行SSR引物筛选及多态性分析。40对引物均能扩增出预期大小的条带,有效扩增效率为100%,40对引物中有5对引物在12个李品种中表现出多态性。本研究开发的EST-SSR标记可为李属植物遗传多样性分析提供丰富的候选标记,同时可为槜李发育相关功能基因定位、遗传图谱构建、及分子标记辅助育种等研究提供帮助。     

Construction of a high-density reference linkage map of tea (Camellia sinensis)

A few linkage maps of tea have been constructed using pseudo-testcross theory based on dominant marker systems. However, dominant markers are not suitable as landmark markers across a wide range of materials. Therefore, we developed co-dominant SSR markers from genomic DNA and ESTs and constructed a reference map using these co-dominant markers as landmarks. A population of 54 F₁ clones derived from reciprocal crosses between ‘Sayamakaori’ and ‘Kana-Ck17’ was used for the linkage analysis. Maps of both parents were constructed from the F₁ population that was taken for BC₁ population. The order of most of the dominant markers in the parental maps was consistent. We constructed a core map by merging the linkage data for markers that detected polymorphisms in both parents. The core map contains 15 linkage groups, which corresponds to the basic chromosome number of tea. The total length of the core map is 1218 cM. Here, we present the reference map as a central core map sandwiched between the parental maps for each linkage group; the combined maps contain 441 SSRs, 7 CAPS, 2 STS and 674 RAPDs. This newly constructed linkage map can be used as a basic reference linkage map of tea.     

Transferability of rice SSR markers to Miscanthus sinensis, a potential biofuel crop

Miscanthus sinensis (M. sinensis) is a perennial C₄ photosynthesis grass, with high yield, high efficiency of water usage, low fertilizer requirement, tolerance to extreme environments, and is one of the plant species with good biofuel potential. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers are highly informative and widely used in plant genetic studies. In this study, 88 SSR primer pairs derived from the rice genome, including 47 EST-SSRs (eSSRs) and 41 genomic SSRs (gSSRs), were evaluated for cross-species transferability to M. sinensis. Forty-one SSR primer pairs in total could successfully amplify DNA fragments in M. sinensis, showing an overall transferability rate of 46.6 % between rice and M. sinensis. The transferability rate of eSSR (51.1 %) was higher than that of gSSR (41.5 %). A total of 140 SSR loci and 340 alleles in the set of rice and M. sinensis germplasm collections were detected. Nei’s gene diversity varied from 0 to 0.72 and averaged 0.35. Shannon’s information index varied from 0 to 1.49 and averaged 0.56. The observed heterozygosity ranged from 0 to 0.95 and averaged 0.08. Thirty-nine loci (27.86 %) were shown heterozygosity out of 140 SSR loci. A dendrogram based on genetic distance showed a significant geographic differentiation. Our results indicated that 46.6% of the rice SSR markers are transferable to M. sinensis, and are useful for germplasm evaluation and genetic analysis in M. sinensis.     

枳壳EST-SSR标记的开发

GenBank上已公布的枳壳EST序列为开发新的SSR标记提供了宝贵的数据资源。本研究利用在线SSR鉴定软件SSRIT分析来自枳壳EST数据库的11029条Unigene序列。分析结果共发现327条EST序列含有348个SSR位点,占总数的2.96%。其中,三核苷酸重复的SSR类型最多,共有161个,占检索总数的46.26%。Primer 3.0设计合成58对EST-SSR引物,其中36对能扩增出产物,6对引物产生多态性分离,分别占所设计引物总数的62.07%和10.34%。本文研究成果为今后枳壳遗传多样性分析、遗传图谱构建及比较基因组等研究方面奠定了基础。     

基于绵羊皮肤组织ESTs开发新型微卫星标记

利用生物信息学方法,在从国际公共生物数据库检索获得绵羊皮肤组织相关的3295条EST序列中筛选微卫星标记。结果表明,从绵羊皮肤组织相关的EST序列中搜索到微卫星209个,含有微卫星的序列196 个,占整个EST 序列数据库的6.3% , 其中双碱基重复150个,三碱基重复19个,四碱基重复12个,五碱基重复17个,六碱基重复11个。在这些微卫星序列中,AC/TG重复在双碱基类型中最丰富,占双碱基微卫星序列总数的71.8%。根据筛选到的微卫星序列设计并合成引物22对 ,其中18 对引物有扩增产物,且条带清晰, 6对引物在中国美利奴羊群内多态性丰富,平均PIC达0.7001,为后期与毛品质进行相关性分析,寻找毛用性状新型分子标记奠定了基础。     

Characterization of dinucleotide and trinucleotide EST-derived microsatellites in the wheat genome

Over the past decade microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have attracted a considerable amount of attention from researchers. The aim of the present paper was to analyse expressed sequence tag-derived SSR (EST-SSR) marker variability in wheat and to investigate the relationships between the number and type of repeat units and the level of microsatellite polymorphism. Two hundred and forty-one new EST-SSR markers available in a public database () were characterized in eight durum wheat cultivars (Svevo, Ciccio, Primadur, Duilio, Meridiano, Claudio, Latino, Messapia), two accessions of Triticum turgidum var. dicoccoides (MG4343, MG29896), one accession of T. turgidum var. dicoccum (MG5323) and in the common wheat cv. Chinese Spring. Of these, 201 primer pairs (83.4%) amplified PCR products successfully, while the remaining 40 (16.6%) failed to amplify any product. Of the EST-SSRs analysed, 45.2% of the primer pairs amplified one or two PCR products. Multiple discrete PCR products were observed among both di- and trinucleotide EST-SSR markers (31.2 and 40.5%, respectively). Markers based on dinucleotide microsatellites were more polymorphic than those based on trinucleotide SSRs in the 12 wheat genotypes tested (68.9 and 52.7%, respectively). An average of 2.5 alleles for dinucleotide and 2.0 alleles for trinucleotide SSRs was observed. The data reported in the present work indicate the presence of a significant relationship between motif sequence types and polymorphism. The primer set based on the AG repeat motif showed the lowest percentage of polymorphism (55.0%), while the primer set based on the AC repeat motif showed t he highest percentage (85.0%). Among trinucleotide SSRs, the AGG microsatellite markers showed the highest percentage of polymorphism (70.0%), and the ACG motif the lowest value (25.0%). The characterization of these new EST-SSR markers and the results of our studyon the effect of repeat number and type of motifs could have important applications in the genetic analysis of agronomically important traits, quantitative trait locus discovery and marker-assisted selection.     

GenBank数据库中黄麻EST-SSR标记的开发及其通用性评价

本研究从GenBank公共数据库中下载黄麻表达序列标签838条,利用SSRPrimer软件对其进行SSR位点查找,利用Primer 3.0软件设计66对SSR引物,通过琼脂糖凝胶研究这些SSR引物的PCR扩增特点,以检测其多态性。结果表明,66对SSR引物在黄麻属6个不同类型材料的扩增中,42 (63.6%)对引物至少在2个材料之间存在多态性。(AT)n重复基元和(GC-)n丰富的三核苷酸重复基元多态性较高,可作为黄麻SSR标记引物设计的首选。黄麻EST-SSR标记开发效率较高,不仅可以丰富黄麻分子标记的数量,而且为剖析黄麻重要性状的遗传机制奠定基础,这对于黄麻的遗传基础研究具有重要应用价值。     

Development of genic molecular markers linked to a rust resistance gene in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Development of molecular markers for different economically important traits in cultivated groundnut has progressed at slow pace. Although many genomic SSR markers were developed in both the wild and cultivated groundnut, the genetic linkage map in the species is still not saturated. Availability of a large number of ESTs in GenBank opened up the possibility of integrating new markers and to identify markers closely linked to agronomic traits. EST-SSR markers are also considered as genic molecular markers. In this study, 259 EST-SSR markers were developed by mining 5,184 Arachis hypogaea ESTs from NCBI database. These EST-SSRs and 34 resistance gene candidate markers were used for association and genetic mapping of rust resistance in cultivated groundnut. From these, Cer2, SSR_GO340445, SSR_HO115759, SSR_GO341324 and RGC 2 had a significant association with rust resistance based on locus-by-locus AMOVA and/or Kruskal?CWallis ANOVA. Some of these associated markers also had protein activity related to biotic stress responses. Through genetic mapping, EST-SSR markers SSR_GO340445 and SSR_HO115759 were found closely linked to a rust resistance gene at 1.9 and 3.8?cM distances, respectively. These markers are thus suitable candidates for marker assisted selection in groundnut. The tight linkage of SSR_GO340445 would be helpful to screen BAC clones and to isolate rust resistance gene in groundnut.     

Construction of an integrated genetic map based on maternal and paternal lineages of tea (Camellia sinensis)

Genetic study on important traits of tea is difficult because of its self-incompatibility in nature. Moreover, development of a new variety usually needs more than 20 years, since it takes many years from seedling to matured plants for trait investigation. Genetic map is an essential tool for genetic study and breeding. In this study, we have developed an integrated genetic map of tea (Camellia sinensis) using a segregating F1 population derived from a cross between two commercial cultivars (‘TTES 19’ and ‘TTES 8’). A total of 574 polymorphic markers (including SSR, CAPS, STS, AFLP, ISSR and RAPD), 69 markers with highly significant levels of segregation distortion (P < 0.001) (12.0 %) were excluded from further analyses. Of the 505 mapped markers, there were 265 paternal markers (52.5 %), 163 maternal markers (32.3 %), 65 doubly heterozygous dominant markers (12.9 %), and 12 co-dominant markers (2.4 %). The co-dominant markers and doubly heterozygous dominant markers were used as bridge loci for the integration of the paternal and maternal maps. The integrated map comprised 367 linked markers, including 36 SSR, 3 CAPS, 1 STS, 250 AFLP, 13 ISSR and 64 RAPD that were assigned to 18 linkage groups. The linkage groups represented a total map length of 4482.9 cM with a map density of 12.2 cM. This genetic map has the highest genetic coverage so far, which could be applied to comparative mapping, QTL mapping and marker assisted selection in the future.     

DNA profiling of pineapple cultivars in Japan discriminated by SSR markers

We developed 18 polymorphic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers in pineapple (Ananas comosus) by using genomic libraries enriched for GA and CA motifs. The markers were used to genotype 31 pineapple accessions, including seven cultivars and 11 breeding lines from Okinawa Prefecture, 12 foreign accessions and one from a related species. These SSR loci were highly polymorphic: the 31 accessions contained three to seven alleles per locus, with an average of 4.1. The values of expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.09 to 0.76, with an average of 0.52. All 31 accessions could be successfully differentiated by the 18 SSR markers, with the exception of ‘N67-10’ and ‘Hawaiian Smooth Cayenne’. A single combination of three markers TsuAC004, TsuAC010 and TsuAC041, was enough to distinguish all accessions with one exception. A phenogram based on the SSR genotypes did not show any distinct groups, but it suggested that pineapples bred in Japan are genetically diversed. We reconfirmed the parentage of 14 pineapple accessions by comparing the SSR alleles at 17 SSR loci in each accession and its reported parents. The obtained information will contribute substantially to protecting plant breeders’ rights.     

鹅掌楸EST-SSR引物开发及通用性分析

通过对6520条鹅掌楸EST序列进行检索,在364条ESTs中发现394个SSRs,鹅掌楸EST-SSRs平均密度为每8.5kb含有1个SSR;在检索出的SSRs中,二核苷酸重复单元的SSRs类型最多,占总数的61.9%。利用SSR-ESTs序列共设计176对EST-SSR引物,其中132对在鹅掌楸上有扩增产物,66对扩增出多态,多态性引物占所设计引物的36.9%。这批EST-SSR引物在物种之间具有较高的通用性。研究表明在鹅掌楸中表现多态的66对EST-SSR引物,85%在中国马褂木中有扩增,54%在白玉兰中有扩增。     

Development of genomic and EST-SSR markers in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) belongs to Brassicaceae family and is a close relative of Brassica. This species shows a wide morphological diversity, and is an important vegetable especially in Asia. However, molecular research of radish is behind compared to that of Brassica. For example, reports on SSR (simple sequence repeat) markers are limited. Here, we designed 417 radish SSR markers from SSR-enriched genomic libraries and the cDNA data. Of the 256 SSR markers succeeded in PCR, 130 showed clear polymorphisms between two radish lines; a rat-tail radish and a Japanese cultivar, ‘Harufuku’. As a test case for evaluation of the present SSRs, we conducted two studies. First, we selected 16 SSRs to calculate polymorphism information contents (PICs) using 16 radish cultivars and four other Brassicaceae species. These markers detected 3–15 alleles (average = 9.6). PIC values ranged from 0.54 to 0.92 (average = 0.78). Second, part of the present SSRs were tested for mapping using our previously-examined mapping population. The map spanned 672.7 cM with nine linkage groups (LGs). The 21 radish SSR markers were distributed throughout the LGs. The SSR markers developed here would be informative and useful for genetic analysis in radish and its related species.     

高粱SSR和EST-SSR标记在割手密中的通用性分析

目前, 割手密中开发的分子标记有限, 为增加其分子标记数量, 本研究对高粱分子标记在割手密中的通用性进行分析。选用高粱的 29对基因组 SSR标记和 20对 EST-SSR标记在割手密种质 GSM39中进行筛选, 以评价其通用性。进一步利用 14份割手密材料评价标记的多态性和遗传多样性。结果显示： 70%的 EST-SSR引物在割手密中得到成功扩增, 可用的 EST-SSR引物中多态性比率占 50%。SSR引物在割手密中的通用性比率只有 34.5%, 但多态性比率为 70%。14对多态性引物在 14份割手密中共检测到33个等位基因, 平均观测等位基因数为2.4286, 平均有效等位基因数为1.7, 平均观测表观杂合度为0.544, 平均期望杂合度为 0.3858, Nei’ s基因多样性指数平均值为 0.3716。结果表明, EST-SSR引物的通用性高于 SSR引物, 但 SSR引物的多态性更高。这对割手密遗传多样性研究和比较基因组学研究具有重要意义。     

Persistent C genome chromosome regions identified by SSR analysis in backcross progenies between Brassica juncea and B. napus

Given that feral transgenic canola (Brassica napus) from spilled seeds has been found outside of farmer’s fields and that B. juncea is distributed worldwide, it is possible that introgression to B. juncea from B. napus has occurred. To investigate such introgression, we characterized the persistence of B. napus C genome chromosome (C-chromosome) regions in backcross progenies by B. napus C-chromosome specific simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. We produced backcross progenies from B. juncea and F₁ hybrid of B. juncea × B. napus to evaluate persistence of C-chromosome region, and screened 83 markers from a set of reported C-chromosome specific SSR markers. Eighty-five percent of the SSR markers were deleted in the BC₁ obtained from B. juncea × F₁ hybrid, and this BC₁ exhibited a plant type like that of B. juncea. Most markers were deleted in BC₂ and BC₃ plants, with only two markers persisting in the BC₃. These results indicate a small possibility of persistence of C-chromosome regions in our backcross progenies. Knowledge about the persistence of B. napus C-chromosome regions in backcross progenies may contribute to shed light on gene introgression.     

基于EST-SSR的西南茶区茶树资源遗传多样性和亲缘关系分析

利用本实验室cDNA文库测序所获得的茶树EST序列为主自行开发的24对和他人7对共31对EST-SSR引物,对60份西南茶区茶树资源进行了遗传多样性和亲缘关系分析.结果表明,西南茶区茶树资源的遗传多样性非常丰富.31对引物共检测到等位位点137个,每个引物为2～8个之间,平均4.42个.遗传多态性信息含量(PIC)在0.09～0.85之间,平均达0.63.观测杂合度(Ho)在0.07～0.94之间,平均值为0.53.UPGMA聚类表明,按相似系数为0.39可将参试的60份种质资源分为五大类.聚类结果在分子水平上显示了我国西南茶区种质资源间的亲缘关系,为以后种质资源保存和新品种选育提供一定的启示.