Polymorphisms of amplified mitochondrial DNA non-coding regions in Diospyros spp.

Universal primers were used to amplify mtDNA non-coding regions in Diospyros spp. including 6 related species and 20 genotypes of Diospyros kaki Thunb. The results showed: (1) 32 universal primers successfully amplified either introns or intergenic regions in Diospyros spp. A total of 119 bands were obtained, in which 110 were polymorphic. (2) Twenty three universal primers were used to analysis genetic diversity at the level of intra-specific, which revealed that the mitochondrial genomes had abundant variation during recombination. Chinese, Japanese PCNA genotypes were separated distinctly from each other by clustering analysis. (3) Two Chinese PCNA genotypes of Japanese persimmon, ‘Baogaitianshi’ and ‘Eshi No.1’, have unique bands to other materials, which showed they would have derived from the same female parent according to the maternal inheritance of mitochondrial genome.     

利用RAPD和SCAR标记鉴定草莓品种

 利用RAPD和SCAR标记对32份草莓材料进行了鉴定, 结果表明: 8个RAPD引物共扩增出85个标记, 其中71个为多态性标记, 多态性比率为83。5%。25份草莓材料的RAPD图谱差异较大, 易于区分。利用具有多态性的RAPD标记, 对28份草莓试材的亲缘关系进行分析, 初步鉴定出同名异物和同物异名品种。两个RAPD标记被转化为片段长度分别为378 bp和214 bp的显性SCAR标记, 其多态性与相应RAPD标记一致。利用这两个SCAR标记对草莓品种进行了初步鉴定。     

Molecular characterization and genetic relationship among almond cultivars assessed by RAPD and SSR markers

RAPDs and SSRs were used to study the genetic diversity of Iranian almond cultivars and their relationship to important foreign cultivars and three related species. Eight unidentified almond Shahrodi cultivars and three wild almonds (Prunus communis, Prunus orientalis and Prunus scoparia) were also included. Of the primers tested, 42 (out of 80) RAPD and 18 (out of 26) SSR primers were selected for their reproducibility and high polymorphism. A total of 664 polymorphic RAPD bands were detected out of 729 bands. The number of presumed alleles revealed by the SSR analysis ranged from 3 to 10 alleles per locus with a mean value of 6.64 alleles per locus. Both techniques discriminated the genotypes very effectively, but only RAPDs were able to discriminate the cultivars Monagha and Sefied. Results demonstrated an extensive genetic variability within the tested cultivars as well as the value of SSR markers developed in peach for characterization of almond and related species of Prunus. Dice similarity coefficient was calculated for all pair wise comparisons and was used to construct a UPGMA dendrogram. For both markers a high similarity in dendrogram topologies was obtained although some differences were observed. All dendrograms, including that obtained by the combined use of both the marker data, depicted the phenetic relationships among the cultivars and species, depending upon their geographic region and/or pedigree information. Almond cultivars clustered with accession of P. communis showing their close relationship. P. orientalis and P. scoparia were clustered out of the rest of P. dulcis.     

Cultivar identification and genetic diversity analysis of broccoli and its related species with RAPD and ISSR markers

A total of 18 genotypes of broccoli were subjected to random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) marker analysis. Seventy-four RAPD and eight ISSR primers generated 344 and 67 polymorphic bands, respectively. All broccoli genotypes could be distinguished with two-primer combinations, indicating that RAPD and ISSR markers can be used to efficiently identify broccoli cultivars. These 18 broccoli genotypes could be separated into two major sub-groups. The first major sub-group (A) included 13 genotypes and the second major sub-group (B) was comprised of five genotypes belonging to early-maturating cultivars. Genetic diversity analysis was performed on the 18 broccoli genotypes, one radish genotype, and six related Brassica accessions. All accessions could be clustered into two groups (radish and Brassica) based on the unweighted pair group of arithmetic average (UPGMA) cluster analysis. The UPGMA analysis indicated that broccoli is most closely related to cauliflower, than to cabbage and Chinese cabbage.     

Molecular analysis of genetic stability in micropropagated apple rootstock MM106

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to assess the genetic stability of 10 micropropagated plants regenerated through axillary buds of clonal apple (Malus pumila Mill.) rootstock MM106. Eleven random decamer primers were successfully used to analyse genomic DNA from mother plants and in vitro plant material. A total of 129 scorable fragments were amplified with an average of 11.73 bands per primer. Among them, 99 were monomorphic and 30 were polymorphic with 23.2% polymorphism. Among these 30, 12 were found monomorphic across seven plants and parent. Three plants could be regarded as off-types. Our results show that RAPD markers could be used to detect the genetic similarities and dissimilarities in micropropagated material.     

河南17 个桂花品种的RAPD 分析

 采用改良CTAB 法提取河南17 个桂花品种的基因组DNA , 利用RAPD 技术对其进行鉴定和分类研究。从100 个10 bp 的随机引物种筛选出15 个扩增效果较好的引物进行扩增, 共产生121 条带, 其中87 条为多态性带。根据扩增结果进行聚类分析, 得出反映各品种间亲缘关系的树状图。各个品种群内的不同品种间的亲缘关系接近, 而不同品种群间亲缘关系较远。RAPD 对基因组的分析结果与传统分类学的结果基本相符。     

中国北方引种的部分越橘品种的RAPD分析

利用RAPD技术对我国北方引种的15份越橘(Vaccinium spp.)栽培品种进行了遗传多样性分析。从70条随机引物中筛选出15条引物,共扩增出94个位点,其中多态性位点83个(88.3%)。材料间遗传相似系数变化为0.5426～0.8936,表明各品种间具有一定的遗传差异。UPGMA聚类分析结果可将供试材料分为2大类、5个亚类。聚类结果与各品种的杂交系谱相对应,从分子水平揭示了品种间的亲缘关系。     

Phylogenetic analysis in some Diospyros spp. (Ebenaceae) and Japanese persimmon using chloroplast DNA PCR-RFLP markers

Ten universal primer pairs of chloroplast genome were used to amplify non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) in 7 Diospyros L. species including 29 genotypes and approximately 20.4 kb, 12.6% of the chloroplast genome were analyzed. The amplified products were digested by seven restriction enzymes. The results showed that there were abundant polymorphisms in inter-specific cpDNA within the genus Diospyros. However, it was not observed intra-species variations in 22 tested genotypes of Diospyros kaki (Japanese persimmon), except for ‘Male strain No. 9’. Persimmon had close relationship with Diospyros lotus and Diospyros glaucifolia, but distantly with Diospyros virginiana and Diospyros rhombifolia in diagram based on principal coordinates analysis and Wagner parsimony method. The discrepancy of digesting pattern in cpDNA suggested that the genotype Jinzaoshi was distinct with the remaining Diospyros spp., which revealed that Jinzaoshi may be a new species of the genus Diospyros.     

Analysis of genetic diversity among Indian short-day onion (Allium cepa L.) cultivars using RAPD markers.

Summary

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to estimate genetic diversity among 24 cultivars of short-day onions. Total genomic DNA was extracted and subjected to RAPD analysis using 90 arbitrary 10-mer primers. Of these, 15 primers were selected which yielded 137 bands, 91.24% of which were polymorphic. None of the primers produced a unique banding pattern for each cultivar. RAPD data were used to calculate a Squared-Euclidian Distance matrix which revealed a minimum genetic distance between cultivars ‘AFLR-722’ and ‘PBR-140’, and a maximum genetic distance between cultivars ‘PBR-139’ and ‘A.Kalyan’, and ‘MS-48’ and ‘A.Kalyan’. Based on the distance matrix, cluster analysis was done using a minimum variance algorithm.The dendrogram thus generated, based on Ward’s method, grouped the 24 onion cultivars into two major clusters. The first cluster consisted of cultivars from the northern region, and the second of cultivars from the southern region of India. The present study shows that there is high diversity among the onion cultivars selected and indicates the potential of RAPD markers for identification and maintenance of onion germplasm for crop improvement purposes.     

15个樱桃品种的RAPD分析

利用RAPD技术,用104条随机引物对甜樱桃的14个品种和中国樱桃的1个品种进行遗传多样性分析,其中有14条引物的多态性较好。用任意一条能出现扩增带的引物,能明显区分开中国樱桃和甜樱桃,RAPD标记能够准确地进行种间的区分;而用一个引物或两个引物的组合只能鉴定出甜樱桃的一个品种。聚类结果显示,中国樱桃和甜樱桃的遗传距离最远;黄色果肉的养老和其他红色果肉的品种遗传距离较远。RAPD分析基本能够反映甜樱桃品种间的遗传多样性,但效果不理想,鉴定品种较为困难。     

13个阿月浑子品种的RAPD分析

为探明引进的阿月浑子品种间的亲缘关系,采用RAPD 标记技术对引入的12 个国外品种和‘新疆优株’进行了分析。用筛选的21 条10 bp 随机引物进行PCR 扩增可扩增出137 个位点,其中多态位点122 个,多态位点比率89.05%;品种间遗传距离在0. 2015 ~ 0.5163 之间,表明各品种间存在一定的遗传差异。UPGMA 聚类分析表明,13 个阿月浑子品种在遗传距离0.40 处可划分为3 个类群,第1 类包括 ‘Kerman’、‘Larnaka’、‘M-38’、‘M-P3’、‘Ashoury’、‘N’、‘Joley’、‘Aegina’、‘Avidon’、‘B’和‘Peter’11 个品种;第2 类为‘Xinjiang select tree’品种;第3 类为‘Mateur’品种。     

Characterization of white sapote (Casimiroa edulis Llave & Lex.) germplasm using floral morphology,RAPD and AFLP markers

Floral morphology, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) were used to characterize and verify genetic diversity within a white sapote cultivar collection and to develop molecular markers for germplasm identification. On the basis of floral morphology, the cultivars were classified into three types: type I included 23 cultivars with large ovaries and small anthers; type II included 13 cultivars with small ovaries and large anthers; and type III included one cultivar, named ‘Maltby’, with a large ovary and large anthers. DNA was isolated from 39 cultivars of white sapote and subjected to RAPD and AFLP analysis using 24 and 7 primers, respectively. One hundred and sixty-eight RAPD and 286 AFLP bands were used to assess genetic characterization among white sapote. Sixty percent of the RAPD and 77% of the AFLP amplification products were polymorphic among accessions. RAPD or AFLP markers differentiated all white sapote cultivars effectively. Moreover, each flower type was characterized as specially associated with two RAPD bands. UPGMA dendrograms based on RAPD and AFLP data, showed the majority of the cultivars from flower type I and flower type II clustering together. Finally 101 RAPD markers and 220 AFLP markers were used to construct a neighbor-joining dendrogram. This showed that the 37 cultivars could be classified into six distinct clusters, between which the similarity coefficient was as low as 0.00–0.55, even though the cultivars were morphologically very similar. The remaining two cultivars namely ‘Smathers’ and ‘Maltby’ were found genetically very distant from the other cultivars in RAPD, AFLP or combined RAPD and AFLP based dendrograms. The results suggested that the level of genetic variation among white sapote cultivars is diverse and the morphological and molecular data may lead to representation of the cultivar relationships as well as flower type discrimination.     

不同山楂品种亲缘关系的RAPD分析

为探讨山楂品种间的亲缘关系,采用RAPD技术对20个不同品种的山楂材料进行了基因组DNA多态性分析。从120个引物中筛选出15个10bp的随机引物对所选山楂品种的DNA样品进行PCR扩增,共得到216条谱带,177条表现多态性,多态性比率达81.9%,其中包含27条特异性谱带,揭示了山楂植物丰富的遗传多样性。且利用NTSYS软件和UPGMA法对扩增结果进行了品种间相似系数的计算及聚类分析,结果表明相似系数在0.71～0.87,实生楂与其他山楂品种亲缘关系较远。     

四川主栽茶品种亲缘关系的RAPD分析

利用RAPD标记对四川主要产茶区具代表性的36份茶树栽培品种的亲缘关系进行分析。从50条引物中筛选出扩增效果良好的16条, 共扩增出167条谱带, 其中, 多态性带为158条(占94.61% ) ,遗传距离的变异范围在0.149～0.679之间。UPGMA聚类结果将36份茶树栽培品种分为3个复合组和2个独立组, 聚类结果与茶树品种的来源有关。     

Assessment of genetic variation among thornless blackberries (Rubus spp.) using random amplified polymorphic DNA

Summary

To assess genetic relatedness in thornless blackberry (Rubus spp.), 11 different blackberry cultivars were screened using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. The blackberries selected represented four different thornless backgrounds. Genetic similarity was estimated using 140 random primers, and the cluster analysis conducted using the RAPD data grouped the cultivars into three distinct clades. Ninety-eight primers produced 113 cultivar-specific RAPD fragments capable of identifying each cultivar. In addition, reproducible polymorphism using two primers was observed within the ‘Evergreen’ (R. laciniatus) clade that consisted of the pure thornless blackberry ‘Everthornless’, the chimeral ‘Thornless Evergreen’, and their thorny progenitor ‘Evergreen’. All three plants are believed to be identical, except for a single mutational event that caused the phenotypic change from thorny to thornless. The R. laciniatus RAPD marker data provide information that may eventually be useful to identify the gene(s) responsible for thornlessness in that species.     

Development of sequence characterized DNA markers linked to a temperature dependence for flower induction in lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) cultivars

In this paper, we present a method to find DNA markers for traits of interest in lychee cultivars (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) using high-annealing temperature random amplified polymorphic DNA (HAT-RAPD) as an initial screening method. Using 5 arbitrary random primers, a wide range of polymorphic bands ranging from 200 to 5200 bp were produced. Bands of interest were then selected for sequencing and conversion to the more reproducible and robust sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers. Specifically, SCAR markers were found that distinguished lychee varieties requiring a sustained interval at low temperatures for flower induction versus those varieties that do not require such an environment, and another SCAR marker was found that amplified only the economically important Kom cultivar. These sequences shared similarity to known transposons suggesting a mechanism by which the temperature insensitivity may have initially developed.     

Morphological and molecular analyses of Rosa damascena × R. bourboniana interspecific hybrids

Rosa damascena Mill is the most important scented rose species cultivated for rose oil production. Rosa bourboniana L. (Edward rose), a related species, is popular on account of its longer blooming period and ease of propagation. With an aim to combine the oil quality of R. damascena and recurrent flowering habit of R. bourboniana, two cultivars (Jwala and Himroz) of R. damascena were crossed with R. bourboniana. The F1 hybrids obtained were evaluated using morphological, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and microsatellite (SSR) markers. Twenty-two selected RAPD and three SSR primer pairs were utilized for hybrid identification. According to presence or absence of bands RAPD and SSR markers were classified into seven types of markers. The bands specific for the pollen parent and occurring in the hybrids were good markers to confirm the hybridity. The non-parental bands expressing uniquely in hybrids were effective in distinguishing the hybrids from each other. Cluster analysis, based on Jaccard's similarity coefficient using unweighted pair group method based on arithmetic mean (UPGMA), reliably discriminated the hybrids into two main clusters. These results indicate the practical usefulness of RAPD and SSR markers in hybrid identification in scented roses. The approach is advantageous for its rapidity and simplicity, for identification of hybrids at the juvenile stage. One of the studied morphological traits – prickle density, can also complement in the identification of interspecific hybrids between R. damscena (♀) and R. bourboniana (♂).     

RAPD markers reveal polymorphism among some Iranian pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) genotypes

In this study RAPD markers were used to determine the diversity level among 24 Iranian pomegranate genotypes. One hundred decamer random primers were used for PCR reactions, among which 16 showed reliable polymorphic patterns. These primers produced 178 bands, of which 102 were polymorphic. Cluster analysis of the genotypes was performed based on data from polymorphic RAPD bands, using Jaccard's similarity coefficient and UPGMA clustering method. The highest and lowest similarities detected between genotypes were 0.89 and 0.29, respectively. At a similarity of 60%, the genotypes were divided into four sub-clusters. Cophenetic correlation coefficient between similarity matrix and cophenetic matrix of dendrogram was relatively high (r = 0.9) showing the goodness of fit of the dendrogram. RAPD markers showed to be a useful tool for studying the genetic diversity of pomegranate.