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.     

EST-derived microsatellites as a rich source of molecular markers for oats

Polymerase chain reaction-based microsatellite markers are valuable tools for molecular breeding because of their co-dominant inheritance and their applicability for high-throughput analysis. Being still very limited for oats, their number has to be increased significantly to cover the entire genome. For these purposes, a set of 7031 recently published expressed sequence tags (ESTs) was screened for microsatellites with dinucleotide, trinucleotide and tetranucleotide repeat motifs. Subsequent in silico analysis resulted in the development of 216 primer pairs for Avena EST-derived microsatellite loci ( AME ). Using a sample set of 12 oat lines, 107 of 195 functional primers could be assayed as polymorphic. The marker variability averaged out at three alleles per locus and a polymorphic information content (PIC) value of 0.42. This variability documents their suitability for molecular oat-breeding purposes. Finally, 51 of the AME loci could be placed within the known reference map of 'Kanota' × 'Ogle' that previously contained only 12 microsatellite loci. Thus, a remarkable enhancing of the number of mapped oat microsatellite loci could be achieved.     

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.     

SPF莱航鸡种群的微卫星多态性分析

【研究目的】利用5个微卫星位点对两个SPF莱航鸡封闭群进行了遗传检测,探讨群体内的遗传多态性,以期为实验用鸡遗传质量监测提供理论依据。【方法】PCR扩增后用ABI-3100Avant全自动基因分析仪进行电泳检测,用Genemapper3.1软件进行片段大小分析,收集电泳结果并进行基因分型。【结果】5个微卫星标记在A、B两个鸡群中共检测到20个等位基因,平均为4个;两个鸡群的平均杂合度为0.6211,平均多态信息含量为0.6663,表明所选标记在SPF莱航鸡群中有较高的多态性;adl176位点的180峰仅出现在A群中,188、191两峰在两个群体中的频率相差极大,可作为品系鉴定的理想引物。【结论】大部分微卫星具有多态性,若进行大范围筛查,必能找到一些特异位点为遗传监测所用。     

一粒系小麦的微卫星分析

利用普通小麦A基因组含有微卫星位点的引物对在3种一粒系小麦的部分同源微卫星位点进行了检测。结果发现,59％的小麦A基因组微卫星位点的引物对可在3种一粒系小麦的多个种质中检测到部分同源微卫星位点,表明A基因组含有的微卫星位点在普通小麦和一粒系小麦间并不完全保守。一粒系小麦的微卫星位点之间在扩增条带数目以及扩增条带长度上均存在广泛差异。同一微卫星位点在不同一粒系小麦种质中的扩增条带数目以及扩增条带长度上也表现明显差异。     

TRAP molecular markers as a system for saturation of the genetic map of durum wheat

Target region amplification polymorphism (TRAP) is a relatively new PCR-based technique that detects large numbers of loci in a single reaction without extensive pre-PCR processing of samples. The aim of this study was to integrate TRAP markers in an EST-derived SSR linkage map of a RIL mapping population from the cross of the durum wheat cultivars Ciccio and Svevo, for a more general purpose of establishing a high-throughput system for genetic map saturation. Primer combinations producing PCR products with at least 4–5 polymorphic bands were selected and analyzed across the mapping population. The PCR reactions produced a total of 2,881 fragments with an average of 52 peaks per reaction. A total of 142 new TRAP markers were mapped and found to be randomly distributed in the genome. The total length of the map was 2,043.0 cM, with an average chromosome length of 145.9 cM. Homoeologous group one had the highest number of TRAP markers (38 loci) and the longest map length (407.9 cM) for a total of 87 markers, while the homoeologous group five had the lowest TRAP marker number (5 loci) and the shortest map length (232.5 cM). The distribution of markers among the seven homoeologous groups was random. The results indicate that TRAP is highly efficient in genetic mapping, generating a large number of markers scattered across the genome. This closes many existing gaps in marker coverage and may join otherwise separate linkage groups.     

虾夷扇贝家系群体遗传结构及其微卫星标记与经济性状相关性的分析研究

为了有效利用微卫星技术分析虾夷扇贝的群体遗传结构并筛选与虾夷扇贝生长相关的标记。采用19个多态性微卫星分子标记对虾夷扇贝一个家系群体进行了遗传多样性分析。结果显示：19个微卫星位点共获得60个等位基因,每个位点的等位基因数(Na)为2~4个,等位基因片段大小为113~312 bp,平均等位基因数为3.26个,平均有效等位基因数(Ne)为3.0175个,观测杂合度(Ho)平均值为0.2952,期望杂合度(He)的平均值为0.6352,平均多态信息含量(PIC)值为0.5671。经卡方Hardy-Weinberg检验(P<0.01)显示多于半数的位点都发生了偏离。运用SPSS 16.0对微卫星标记与虾夷扇贝生长性状的相关性进行分析,结果表明：DQ679223与壳宽显著相关,EF056526与体重、壳长、壳高、壳宽显著相关,DQ221720与体重、壳高、壳宽显著相关,FJ262409与体重显著相关。研究结果表明：虾夷扇贝的群体遗传多样性水平较高,有较高的遗传改良潜力,可以利用筛选的与虾夷扇贝生长相关的标记进行辅助育种,提高育种效率。     

基于菜心(Brassica campestris)基因组Survey测序开发多态性SSR标记

为解决菜心SSR标记数量不足、已开发的位点多态性差等问题,本研究利用高通量测序技术,对‘四九-19’和‘3T6’两份菜心材料进行基因组Survey测序,规模化开发多态性SSR标记。两个菜心材料分别获得55 649 657个和59 300 433个Clean reads,分开拼接组装得到430 483个和499 876个Contig。在两个材料的Contig中搜索到共有的SSR位点为30 696个,其中以二和三核苷酸重复基序最为丰富,占总SSR位点的67%。分析比较发现,3 652个(12%) SSR位点在两份测序材料间具有潜在多态性,随机挑选50个SSR位点进行PCR扩增验证,48对(96%)引物在4份菜心材料中扩增出清晰的条带,其中31对(62%)引物在两份测序样品间具有多态性,19对(38%)引物在另两份菜心材料间具有多态性。结果表明,利用基因组Survey测序能开发SSR标记和开发具有多态性的SSR标记,本研究开发的多态SSR标记将进一步为菜心分子标记的发展和应用提供基础。     

Molecular diversity and association mapping of quantitative traits in Tibetan wild and worldwide originated barley (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Hordeum vulgare</Emphasis> L.) germplasm

Molecular diversity of 40 accessions of Tibetan wild barley (TB), 10 Syrian (SY), 72 North American (NA), 36 European (EU), 9 South American (SA) and 8 Australian (AU) varieties were characterized using multiple microsatellite loci. The 42 SSR primers amplified 278 alleles across the 175 barley accessions tested in the present study. The average gene diversity for the whole sample was 0.3387 whereas the mean value for the each population was as follows: TB = 0.3286, SY = 0.2474, EU = 0.299, AU = 0.2867, NA = 0.3138, SA = 0.2536. Clustering analysis based on Nei’s original genetic distance showed that the EU and NA barley populations were grouped together. The TB population was well separated from the other 5 barley populations. Associations between microsatellite markers and 14 quantitative traits were also investigated. Significant associations were found for 18 microsatellite marker loci. The number of marker loci associated with each trait ranged from one (stem diameter, filled grains per plant, grain weight per plant, length of main spike and awn length) to seven (plant height). The percentage of the total variation explained by each marker ranged from 4.59% (HVM2 associated with plant height) to 17.48% (Bmac90 associated with density of main spike). This study provides candidate markers for further QTL mapping of these traits and for marker-assisted selection.     

Strong evidence for a fire blight resistance gene of Malus robusta located on linkage group 3

Fire blight (FB), caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora is a dangerous disease on pome fruit, including apple. The FB-susceptible cultivar 'Idared' was crossed with the resistant wild species clone Malus  ×  robusta 5. A segregating population of 146 progeny has been tested by artificial shoot inoculation for susceptibility to FB. Progeny were infected from 0% to 100% of the shoot length. To identify chromosomal regions or loci responsible for resistance to FB of Malus  ×  robusta 5, a set of microsatellite markers (simple sequence repeat, SSRs) was chosen covering all linkage groups of apple. Up to eight different microsatellites were bulked to one mutliplex PCR using four different labels and a fifth label for a size standard. Fifty-nine microsatellite markers out of 72 SSRs were polymorphic. Fifty-four of 66 loci detected could be mapped and were useful for the detection of related resistant loci. Alleles of microsatellites Hi03d06, CH03g07 and CH03e03 originating from the resistant donor M. robusta were associated with resistance to Erwinia amylovora . Up to eighty percent of the phenotypic variation could be explained by the interval spanned by SSRs CH03g07 and CH03e03, indicating the presence of a major resistance gene. All three microsatellites are located on the distal part of linkage group 3, spanning 15 cM. The SSR marker CH03e03 can be regarded as diagnostic marker for FB resistance. Only seven progeny expressing allele b (184 bp) of CH03e03 showed blighted shoot lengths of more than 30% and only nine progeny lacking allele b showed blighted shoot lengths of <30%. By setting a threshold of 30% shoot necrosis for resistance to FB, the 146 individuals segregate into 71 susceptible and 75 resistant plants, and resistance to FB maps 9 cM away from marker CH03e03.     

Microsatellite monitoring of recombination around the Vrn-B1 locus of wheat during early backcross breeding

The length of chromosomal segments retained around the Vrn‐B1 gene controlling sensitivity to vernalization in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was studied in the first and third backcrosses by using microsatellite markers. Eleven polymorphic markers located on chromosome 5B were used for microsatellite analysis. It was shown in the first backcross that plants with a donor segment around the gene of interest not longer than 50% of chromosome 5B could be selected. When selection is not molecular‐marker assisted, the length of the chromosomal donor segment with the target gene may reach 94% of chromosome 5B even in plants of the third backcross generation. The considerable length differences in the 5B microsatellite loci between the winter and spring lines of wheat studied indicate that these markers are promising in marker‐assisted backcrossing or marker‐assisted selection for the Vrn‐B1 gene using different combinations of Spring and Winter genotypes.     

利用微卫星标记分析建鲤种质资源的研究

为了评估和合理利用建鲤种质资源。从建鲤繁育群体中随机选取185尾鱼,用20个微卫星位点进行遗传多样性分析。结果表明：20个微卫星位点在该群体中所检测到的等位基因片段长度在114~316 bp,共检测出156个等位基因和402种基因型,各位点等位基因数为5~13个,平均7.8个,基因型数10~44种,平均20.1种;各位点观察杂合度(Ho)、期望杂合度(He)分别在0.346~0.978和0.619~0.880之间,平均分别为0.6434和0.757;所检测的20个位点多态信息含量(PIC)在0.552~0.868之间,平均为0.7253,都属于高度多态位点(PIC>0.5)。实验结果表明,该建鲤繁育群体多态信息含量丰富,遗传多样性水平较高,具有较大的选育潜力。群体内平均固定系数(FIS)为0.1479,说明该建鲤群体存在杂合子缺失现象。根据个体间的遗传距离构建的聚类图可以清楚地显示每个个体之间的遗传差异,这可为建鲤保种和繁殖配组提供依据,避免近交现象。     

普通菜豆根系相关性状的关联分析

幼苗期根系发育对作物的生长发育具有重要作用。利用生长袋纸培系统对324份普通菜豆种质的主根长、根干重、根体积、根表面积等9个根系相关性状进行表型鉴定,并结合覆盖全基因组、有多态性的116对SSR标记,利用MLM（Q+K）模型进行表型和标记的关联分析。表型分析表明,324份材料的9个根系相关性状表型变异丰富,平均变异系数的变动范围是10.09%~37.03%;基因型分析表明,116个多态性SSR标记共检测到919个等位变异位点,每个标记的平均基因多样性指数为0.59,多态性信息含量（PIC）平均值为0.54,显示这些标记具有较高的基因多样性;群体结构分析表明,供试材料分为两个亚群,与普通菜豆起源于两个基因库对应;关联分析结果显示,以P<0.01作为显著条件,共检测到48个显著标记位点,其中有10个位点同时与2个以上性状相关联,有5个位点与前人研究结果一致。研究结果为进一步理解普通菜豆根系的遗传机理提供了理论参考,也为分子标记辅助选择改良普通菜豆根系奠定了基础。     

油茶标准化体系建设存在的主要问题及发展对策

为了使油茶的生产、管理、产品和服务实现规范化、科学化和标准化,从而使经济效益、社会效益和生态效益最大化,笔者深入分析了中国油茶产业发展现状,详细阐述了油茶标准化的重要意义,全面总结了油茶标准化体系建设现状和存在的主要问题,提出需要不断完善油茶标准化技术体系,充分发挥油茶标准化示范区的示范和带动作用,建立政府推动、市场拉动、企业带动、农民主动的油茶标准化实施运行机制,深度参与国际标准制定,不断提升油茶标准化水平和国际影响力。     

Identification of microsatellite markers linked to the blast resistance gene <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pi-1(t)</Emphasis> in rice

The present work was conducted to identify microsatellite markers linked to the rice blast resistance gene Pi-1(t) for a marker-assisted selection program. Twenty-four primer pairs corresponding to 19 microsatellite loci were selected from the Gramene database (www. gramene.org) considering their relative proximity to Pi-1(t) gene in the current rice genetic map. Progenitors and DNA bulks of resistant and susceptible families from F₃ segregating populations of a cross between the near-isogenic lines C101LAC (resistant) and C101A51 (susceptible) were used to identify polymorphic microsatellite markers associated to this gene through bulked segregant analysis. Putative molecular markers linked to the blast resistance gene Pi-1(t) were then used on the whole progeny for linkage analysis. Additionally, the diagnostic potential of the microsatellite markers associated to the resistance gene was also evaluated on 17 rice varieties planted in Latin America by amplification of the specific resistant alleles for the gene in each genotype. Comparing with greenhouse phenotypic evaluations for blast resistance, the usefulness of the highly linked microsatellite markers to identify resistant rice genotypes was evaluated. As expected, the phenotypic segregation in the F₃ generation agreed to the expected segregation ratio for a single gene model. Of the 24 microsatellite sequences tested, six resulted polymorphic and linked to the gene. Two markers (RM1233*I and RM224) mapped in the same position (0.0 cM) with the Pi-1(t) gene. Other three markers corresponding to the same genetic locus were located at 18.5 cM above the resistance gene, while another marker was positioned at 23.8 cM below the gene. Microsatellite analysis on elite rice varieties with different genetic background showed that all known sources of blast resistance included in this study carry the specific Pi-1(t) allele. Results are discussed considering the potential utility of the microsatellite markers found, for MAS in rice breeding programs aiming at developing rice varieties with durable blast resistance based on a combination of resistance genes. Centro Internactional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) institute where the research was carried out     

筛选普氏原羚粪便DNA中微卫星引物 并应用于个体识别

为了更好地保护极度濒危的普氏原羚物种,选择非损伤性样品-粪便作为研究材料,选用10对非洲糜羚微卫星引物和10对绵羊微卫星引物作为筛选普氏原羚基因组DNA微卫星位点的引物。通过非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测微卫星PCR的扩增产物,结果发现20对引物中有8对引物在普氏原羚基因组DNA中扩增出了多态性位点。通过等位基因数目和等位基因频率对这8个位点的基因杂合度、多态性信息含量、有效等位基因数进行了计算,结果发现这8个位点在39个普氏原羚粪便样品中的基因杂合度介于0.71~0.84,平均杂合度为0.78;多态性信息含量介于0.79~0.66,平均多态信息含量为0.73;有效等位基因数介于3.40~6.08,平均有效等位基因为5.98,这表明所筛选到的8个微卫星基因座在研究普氏原羚粪便样品中均为中高度多态性基因座,具有比较明显的遗传变异,完全适合普氏原羚各种分子遗传分析。因此试验应用这8对多态性引物对39个粪便样品的个体进行识别,发现这39个粪便样品来自35个不同的个体。     

甜叶菊微卫星富集文库的构建与多态性标记的筛选

甜叶菊是我国一种重要特种经济作物, 其分子标记相关遗传背景研究甚少。本研究基于生物素与链霉亲和素的强亲和性原理, 用链霉亲和素顺磁颗粒捕捉人工合成的标记有生物素的寡核苷酸探针(AG)₁₅, 间接筛选出含有甜叶菊基因组微卫星序列的DNA酶切片段, 将筛选得到的片段连接到pUC-T载体中, 构建甜叶菊微卫星序列的富集文库。挑取354个克隆进行菌落PCR检验, 从中筛选出158个阳性克隆进行测序。结果表明, 134个(84.81%)克隆中含有微卫星序列, 其中完美型85个(63.43%)、非完美型15个(11.19%)、复合型34个(25.38%)。根据微卫星序列共设计出71对微卫星引物, 其中62对能扩增出稳定的条带。利用24个甜叶菊品系对这62对引物的遗传多样性的分析表明, 有16个位点表现出多态性, 等位基因数为2~8个, 平均每个位点扩增得到4.5个等位基因, 多态性信息含量在0.3163~0.7595之间, 观测杂合度(H_o)与期望杂合度(H_e)的范围分别为0.2174~0.9167与0.3555~0.8076。通过聚类分析, 将甜叶菊分为大小叶两大类。本研究开发出的微卫星标记可为甜叶菊的分子遗传育种提供有效的遗传标记。     

Cross‐genera amplification of informative microsatellite markers from common bean and scarlet runner bean for assessment of genetic diversity in mungbean (Vigna radiata)

Mungbean (V. radiata) is an important Asiatic legume supplying inexpensive protein to a vast majority of vegetarian masses. To increase markers repertoire in mungbean, a study was conducted to analyse 384 microsatellite markers derived from common bean, scarlet runner bean and adzuki bean for their transferability and polymorphism. The results showed that 87 (24.71%) primer pairs could amplify DNA loci of 20 mungbean genotypes including one accession of V. trilobata, while 52 showed reliable banding and polymorphism. These showed different degrees of variability at each locus producing 250 alleles with the number of alleles varying from 2 to 9. The major allele frequency varied from 0.17 to 0.95, while the polymorphic information content of SSRs ranged between 0.09 and 0.86 with an average of 0.60 ± 0.16. UPGMA revealed three major clusters accommodating ~95% of the accessions while one accession of V. trilobata (‘NSB‐007’) did not group with any other genotype describing the discriminating power of informative microsatellites. This study identified a set of useful microsatellite markers to accelerate the genetic studies and breeding programme of mungbean.     

大麦农艺性状与SSR标记的关联分析

为了解大麦亲本材料遗传特性和主要农艺性状特征,采用156份不同来源的大麦材料,在86个多态性SSR位点上检测遗传多样性,同时对7个农艺性状在两试验点作表型鉴定,利用GLM和MLM模型进行分子标记与表型性状的关联分析。结果共检测出392个等位变异,平均每个标记4.6个,PIC值变异范围为0.0612~0.8560。群体遗传结构分析将156份材料分为2个亚群。利用GLM模型分析结果表明,与株高、穗长、芒长、穗粒数和千粒重5个性状相关联的标记有18个,单个标记对表型变异的解释率为4.81%~20.75%;利用MLM模型分析,与株高、穗长、芒长、分蘖数、穗粒数和千粒重6个性状相关联的标记有14个,单个标记对表型变异的解释率范围为6.64%~31.55%。这些关联标记对后续研究有参考价值。     

大豆杂种产量相关的位点及等位变异分析

选用来源于中国黄淮和美国的熟期组II~IV的8个大豆品种, 按Griffing方法II设计, 配成28个双列杂交组合, 包括8个亲本共计36份材料。选用300个SSR标记, 对8个大豆亲本进行全基因组扫描, 利用基于回归的单标记分析法, 对大豆杂种产量和分子标记进行相关性分析, 估计等位变异的效应和位点的基因型值, 剖析杂种组合的等位变异。结果表明, 300个SSR标记中有38个与杂种产量显著相关, 分布于17个连锁群上, 其中D1a和M等连锁群上较多, 有8个位于连锁定位的QTL区段内(±5 cM)。单个位点可分别解释杂种产量表型变异的11.95%~30.20%。杂种的位点构成中包括有增效显性杂合位点、增效加性纯合位点、减效加性纯合位点和减效显性杂合位点4部分, 其相对重要性依次递减。从38个显著相关的SSR标记位点中, 遴选出Satt449、Satt233和Satt631等9个优异标记基因位点, Satt449~A311、Satt233~A217和Satt631~A152等9个优异等位变异, 以及Satt449~A291/311、Satt233~A202/207和Satt631~A152/180等9个优异杂合基因型位点。这些结果为理解杂种优势的遗传构成和大豆杂种产量聚合育种提供了依据。