Cytological and molecular characterization of a novel monogenic dominant GMS in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica napus</Emphasis> L.

A novel genic male sterile (GMS) line in Brassica napus L., which was identified in 1999, was found to be controlled by a monogenic dominant gene, which we have designated as MDGMS. The microspores of the MDGMS abort before the degradation of the tapetal cell layer. The F1 fertility from any fertile lines crossed with MDGMS segregated and the ratio was close to 1:1. Bulked segregation analysis (BSA) was employed to identify random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers linked to the Ms gene in MDGMS. Among 880 random 10-mer oligonucleotide primers screened against the bulk DNA of sterile and fertile, one primer S243 (5′-CTATGCCGAC-3′) gave a repeatable 1500-bp DNA polymorphic segment S243₁₅₀₀ between the two bulks. Analysis of individual plants of each bulks and other types of GMS and cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) lines suggest that the RAPD marker S243₁₅₀₀ is closely linked to the MDGMS locus in rapeseed. This RAPD marker has been converted into sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker to aid identification of male-fertility genotypes in segregating progenies of MDGMS in marker-assisted selection (MAS) breeding programs.     

细胞质雄性不育辣椒育性恢复基因特异分子标记的筛选

利用集团分离分析法(Bulked segregant analysis BSA),以辣椒细胞质雄性不育系BU-12、恢复系RF-12为材料共筛选了336条RAPD引物,其中引物S418在恢复系中呈现特异性扩增,得到一条约3000bp的特异片段。回扩得到两条片段,测序表明大小为1515bp,1162bp。荧光原位杂交证实1515bp片段为恢复系特有,命名为S4181515。序列分析表明S4181515为一新发现的序列,Blastn序列比对同源性小于40％,tBlastx比对发现该序列与水稻2、4、7、10号染色体的几个BAC克隆上的序列高度同源。推测可能与其具有相似的编码功能,为进一步从分子水平研究辣椒育性恢复打下了坚实的基础。根据测序结果设计特异引物,将S4181515转化成特异PCR标记,证明能用于候选材料的初筛。     

Identification of AFLP markers linked to the male fertility restorer gene of CMS (Moricandia arvensis) Brassica juncea and conversion to SCAR marker

We have developed a cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) line of Brassica juncea through somatic hybridization with Moricandia arvensis and introgressed the fertility restorer gene into B. juncea. This fertility restorer locus is unique in that it is capable of restoring male fertility to two other alloplasmic CMS systems of B. juncea. As a first step toward cloning of this restorer gene we attempted molecular tagging of the Rf locus using the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique. A BC₁F₁ population segregating for male sterility/fertility was used for tagging using the bulk segregant analysis method. Out of 64 primer combinations tested in the bulks, 5 combinations gave polymorphic amplification patterns. Further testing of these primers in individual plants showed four amplicons associated with the male fertility trait. Polymorphic amplicons were cloned and used for designing SCAR primers. One of the SCAR primers generated amplicons mostly in the fertile plants. Linkage analysis using MAPMAKER showed two AFLP and one SCAR markers linked to the male fertility gene with a map distance ranging from 0.6 to 2.9 cM. All the markers are located on one side of the Rf locus.     

细胞质雄性不育辣椒育性恢复基因特异分子标记的筛选

利用集团分离分析法(Bulked segregant analysis BSA),以辣椒细胞质雄性不育系BU-12、恢复系RF-12为材料共筛选了336条RAPD引物,其中引物S418在恢复系中呈现特异性扩增,得到一条约3000bp的特异片段。回扩得到两条片段,测序表明大小为1515bp,1162bp。荧光原位杂交证实1515bp片段为恢复系特有,命名为S418_(1515)。序列分析表明S418_(1515)为一新发现的序列,Blastn序列比对同源性小于40%,tBlastx比对发现该序列与水稻2、4、7、10号染色体的几个BAC克隆上的序列高度同源。推测可能与其具有相似的编码功能,为进一步从分子水平研究辣椒育性恢复打下了坚实的基础。根据测序结果设计特异引物,将S418_(1515)转化成特异PCR标记,证明能用于候选材料的初筛。     

Molecular Mapping of a Gene for Fertility Restoration of Wild Abortive (WA) Cytoplasmic Male Sterility using a Basmati Rice Restorer Line

The inheritance and molecular mapping of a fertility restorer gene in basmati quality restorer line PRR-78 was carried out using an F₂ mapping population from the cross IR58025A X PRR-78 employing microsatellite markers. Dominant monogenic control of fertility restoration was observed in the F₂, and further confirmed by test cross data. Out of 44 sequence tagged microsatellite (STMS) markers used in the bulked segregant analysis (BSA), four differentiated the fertile bulk from the sterile bulk as well as the two parental lines from each other. One of these markers, RM258 located on chromosome 10, was found linked to the restorer gene at a distance of9.5 cM. Considering the RM258 location, additional STMS (RM171 and RM294A) and sequence tagged site (STS) primers derived from restriction fragment length polymorphic (RFLP) clones (G2155 and C1361) linked to fertility restorer gene(s) in other populations, were also used to find out a marker more tightly linked to the restorer gene. However, of these, RM171, RM294A and G2155 based primers amplified monomorphic fragments between parental lines and no amplification was observed with C1361. Cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) analysis of non-polymorphic STMS and STS markers and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis using five random primers reportedly linked to restorer gene in other populations, also failed to differentiate the two parents. While, the marker RM258 is being used in the restorer breeding to identify putative restorer lines, search for additional tightly linked markers is underway.     

Inheritance of seed colour and identification of RAPD and AFLP markers linked to the seed colour gene in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)

In China Polima cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) is currently the most important hybrid system used for the breeding of hybrids. In an effort to develop yellow-seeded Polima cms restorer lines, we used yellow-seeded, doubled haploid (DH) line No.2127-17 as the gene source in crosses with two elite black-seeded Polima cms R lines, Hui5148-2 and 99Yu42, which originated from our breeding programme. The inheritance of seed colour was investigated in the F₂, BC₁ and F₁-derived DH progenies of the two crosses. Seed colour was found to be under the control of the maternal genotype and the yellow seed trait to be partially dominant over the black seed trait. Segregation analysis revealed a single gene locus for the partial dominance of yellow seed colour. Of 810 randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers, 240 (29.6%) revealed polymorphisms between the parents. Of the 240 RAPD primers and 512 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) primer pairs, four RAPDs and 16 AFLP pairs showed polymorphisms between the bulks, with two RAPD and eight AFLP markers being identified in the vicinity of the seed-coat colour gene locus using a DH progeny population—derived from the cross Hui5148-2×No.2127-17—of 127 individuals in combination with the bulked segregant analysis strategy. Seven of these latter ten markers were linked to the allele for yellow seed, whereas the other three were linked to the allele for black seed. The seed-coat colour gene locus was bracketed by two tightly linked markers, EA02MG08 (2.4 cM) and S1129 (3.9 cM). The partial dominance and single gene control of the yellow seed-coat colour trait together with the available molecular markers will greatly facilitate the future breeding of yellow-seeded hybrid varieties.     

甘蓝型油菜Pol CMS育性恢复基因的PCR标记

采用恢、保回交群体和集团混合分析法,筛选了１０４０个１０－ｍｅｒ随机引物,找到了与甘蓝型油菜波里马细胞质雄性不育系（Ｐｏｌ ＣＭＳ）育性恢复基因（Ｒｆｐ）连锁的两个ＲＡＰＤ标记Ｓ１０１９７２０和Ｓ１０３６８１０。它们位于Ｒｆｐ的一侧,与该基因的遗传图距分别为５．８ｃＭ和１２．３ｃＭ。随后,克隆并测序这２个多态性片段,根据其２端序列设计了２对２０～２４－ｍｅｒ的特异引物,它们在１３８株的回交群体中Ｐ     

Marker-assisted selection of restored male-fertile Brassica napus plants using a set of dominant RAPD markers

Bulked segregant analysis was used to identify RAPD markers in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) that were linked to a male fertility restorer gene for Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility. After screening for polymorphisms using 960 primers, 14 RAPD markers were mapped to a 25 cM region including the restorer locus, a mapping population of 242 F₂ individuals being employed. The map was used to select 11 markers that were investigated for polymorphisms between the restorer donor line and 46 recipient lines. A set of four RAPD markers, one in coupling phase with the restorer allele and three with the non-restorer allele, which were informative in all 46 combinations, were used in marker assisted selection of plants homozygous for the restorer allele. A total of 906 homozygous restored plants were found among the 4605 BC₁F₂ plants analysed. Phenotypic data of a subset of the classified plants was compared with the RAPD data and the expected number of recombinants was calculated from the map data. A close correspondence between the expected and observed numbers of plants with a deviating phenotype was found. Thus, use of a set of dominant RAPD markers provides a way obtaining reliable data for marker-assisted selection.     

萝卜细胞质雄性不育恢复基因的RAPD标记

以萝卜恢复系9802和不育系9802A配制杂交组合,并以174株个体组成的F2分离群体作为恢复基因的标记群体.以分离群体的不育株和可育株分别建立不育池和恢复池,利用100个RAPD引物对两池间的多态性进行研究.分析表明引物OPC6在两池间扩增出稳定的多态性差异.经连锁分析,证明标记OPC61900与萝卜细胞质雄性不育恢复基因连锁,遗传距离为11.6cM(Centimorgan).这个标记可应用于对育性恢复基因的标记辅助选择.     

利用SSR标记定位明恢63的2对恢复基因

选取珍汕97A和明恢63杂交组合的F2高可育和高不育单株构建基因池,利用302对SSR引物对其进行了多态性分析。结果表明,位于第1染色体上的RM1和位于第10染色体上的RM258,RM304在亲本,基因池间表现多态性,用F2单株验证证明它们与野败型恢复基因连锁,完全不育株分析表明,与恢复基因间的遗传距离分别为1.9,2.9和0.0cM,野败型,红莲型,BT型3种不育胞质恢复基因在第10染色体上可能为同一基因或家族成员。     

Use of RAPD markers to screen somatic hybrids between Solanum tuberosum and S. brevidens

Summary The identification of somatic hybrids between Solanum tuberosum and S. brevidens can be carried out using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and arbitrary 10-mer primers to generate random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Five commercial primers have been tested. Each primer directed the amplification of a genome-specific fingerprint for the fusion parents and S. brevidens. The size of the amplified DNA fragments ranged from 100 to 1800 base pairs. The somatic hybrids showed a combination of the parental banding profiles with four of the five primers surveyed, whereas regenerants from one of the parents had the same or a similar banding pattern to that of the parent. Thus RAPD markers provide a quick, simple and preliminary screening method for putative somatic hybrids.Abbreviations EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, - PCR polymerase chain reaction - RAPD random amplified polymorphic DNA - RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphisms - TBE Tris-borate-EDTA buffer - Tris trizma base     

利用分子标记定位农垦58S的光敏核不育基因

对农垦５８Ｓ（Ｏｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａｓｐ．ｊａｐｏｎｉｃａ）／大黑矮生标记基因系ＦＬ２组合组建可育集团和不育集团,并以亲本为对照进行了ＲＦＬＰ、ＲＡＰＤ和双引物ＲＡＰＤ分析,结果第１２染色体上的一个单拷贝标记Ｇ２１４０与光敏核不育基因连锁遗传,二者间的遗传图距为１４．１ｃＭ（ｃｅｎｔｉｍｏｒｇａｎ）。在筛选过的１０４０个随机单引物和１９０个双引物中,仅引物ＯＰＡＵ１０扩增出与光敏核不育基因连锁的１．５ｋｂＤＮＡ片段,回收、克隆该ＤＮＡ片段并制备探针,将其转换成共显性的ＲＦＬＰ标记并命名为ＯＰＡＵ１０１５００。分离群体连锁分析表明该标记与标记Ｇ２１４０紧密连锁,将农垦５８Ｓ的一对光敏核不育基因定位于第１２染色体上。     

Optimization of primer screening for evaluation of genetic relationship in rose cultivars

Optimization of primer screening for evaluation of genetic relationship in 34 cultivars of rose through random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers was investigated. Four series of decamer primers were used for screening and optimization of RAPD analysis between which A and N series performed good amplification of fragments as compared with other series. The primers OPN-07 and OPN-15 produced maximum number of DNA fragments in Rosa hybrida cv. Anuraag. Some primer either did not produce amplification or produced very poor amplification. Further, ten selected primers were used for genetic analysis of 34 rose cultivars. The primer OPN-15 amplified 21 fragments in all cultivars tested. A total of 162 distinct DNA fragments (bands) ranging from 100 to 3400 base pairs were amplified by using 10 selected random primers. The cluster analysis indicated that these rose cultivars formed nine clusters.     

RAPD markers for constructing intraspecific tomato genetic maps

The existing molecular genetic maps of the tomato, Lycopersicon spp, are constructed based on isozyme and RFLP polymorphisms between tomato species. These maps are useful for certain applications but have few markers that exhibit sufficient polymorphisms for intraspecific analysis and manipulations within the cultivated tomato. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative potential of RAPD technology, as compared to isozymes and RFLPs, to generate polymorphic DNA markers within cultivated tomatoes. Sixteen isozymes and 25 RFLP clones that were known to detect polymorphism between L. esculentum and L. pennellii, and 313 random oligonucleotide primers were examined. None of the isozymes and only four of the RFLP clones (i.e., 16%) revealed polymorphism between the cultivated varieties whereas up to 63% of the RAPD primers detected one or more polymorphic DNA fragments between these varieties. All RAPD primers detected polymorphism between L. esculentum and L. pennellii genotypes. These results clearly indicate that RAPD technology can generate sufficient genetic markers exploiting sequence differences within cultivated tomatoes to facilitate construction of intraspecific genetic maps.Abbreviations RFLP restriction fragments length polymorphism - RAPD random amplified polymorphic DNA - PCR polymerase chain reaction - QTLs quantitative trait loci     

RAPD based DNA markers linked to anthracnose disease resistance in Sorghum bicolor ( L.) Moench

Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum graminicola is one of the major diseases of sorghum. The locus for disease resistance in sorghum [Sorghum biocolor (L.) Moench] accession G73 was found to segregate as a simple recessive trait in a cross to susceptible cultivar HC136. In order to identify molecular markers linked to the locus for disease resistance, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was coupled with bulk segregant analysis. DNA from the parental cultivars and the bulks were, screened by PCR amplification with 114 RAPD primers. Three RAPD primers amplified a sequence that consegregated with the recessive resistance allele, while another three amplified a band linked to the susceptible allele. The six disease linked markers were screened with individual resistant and susceptible genotypes to observe degree of linkage of identified RAPD markers with the gene for resistance. Two primer sequences (OPI 16 and OPD 12) were found to be closely linked to the locus for disease resistance.     

Glutamine Synthetase Activity, Relative Water Content and Water Potential in Maize Submitted to Drought

Primer screening and optimization for random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) was investigated. Among four series (A, B, D and N) of 10-mer primers, A-series performed better amplification of fragments than other series. The maximum amplification fragments was obtained using OPA-02, OPA-03, OPA-09, OPB-06, OPB-10, OPD-03, OPD-05 and OPN-03 primers. The primers OPA-02 and OPN-03 produced maximum number of DNA fragments in Anacardium occidentale cv. H-320. Primers (OPB-08 and OPN-05 performed a least number of amplification fragments. RAPD profile also indicate that some primer did not produce good amplification. The primer OPA-02 amplified 12 number of polymorphic bands in 20 cultivars of cashew. Only one DNA fragment was produced in A. occidentale cv. Vridhachalam - 2 (M-44/3) by using the primer OPA-02. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

油菜单显性核雄性不育基因的分子标记

以陕西省杂交油菜研究中心选育的单显性核不育油菜分离群体为材料,利用集群分离法（BSA）对该油菜单显性核不育基因进行了RAPD分析。在随机选取的300个10碱基随机引物中,引物S243（5′CTATGCCGAC3′）在可育集团与不育集团间扩增出特异而可重复的1．5kb的多态性片段OPU-031500,而在细胞质雄性不育和其它核不育类型油菜中均未扩增出上述特异性片段,从而确证此RAPD标记OPU-031500。片段是与甘蓝型油菜单显性核不育基因连锁的。将该多态性片段克隆并测序,发现其序列与拟南芥的一段DNA序列高度同源。根据同源序列及测序结果设计两对特异引物（P1／P2和P3／P4）,引物P3／P4在可育系中可扩增到约1．5kb的单一特异片断,而在不育系中无带,从而将RAPD标记转化为稳定可靠的SCAR标记。     

A partial genetic linkage map of slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii) based on random amplified polymorphic DNAs

A set of 420 random, 10-base, oligonucleotide primers was screened for random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fragments within a sample of eight megagametophyte DNAs of a single slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii) tree. The apparently repeatable RAPD fragments were further characterized within a sample of 68 megagametophytes from the same tree. Fragments segregating in a 11, present-to-absent, ratio were classified and mapped using multi-point linkage analysis. The analysis revealed 13 linkage groups of at least three loci, ranging in size from 28 to 68 cM, and nine linked pairs of loci. The 22 groups and pairs included 73 RAPD markers and covered a genetic map distance of approximately 782 cM. Genome size estimates, based on linkage data, ranged from 2880 to 3360 cM. Using a 30-cM map scale and including the 24 unlinked markers and the ends of the 13 linkage groups and nine linked pairs, the set of RAPD markers accounts for approximately 2160 cM or 64–75% of the genome. This extent of genomic coverage should allow for the efficient mapping of genes responsible for a reaction to the causal agent of fusiform rust disease, Cronartium quercuum (Berk.) Miyabe ex Shirai f. sp. fusiforme.     

Random amplified polymorphic DNA and pedigree relationships in spring barley

Summary We investigated random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) in 27 inbred barley lines with varying amounts of common ancestry and in 20 doubled-haploid (DH) lines from a biparental cross. Of 33 arbitrary 10 base primers that were tested, 19 distinguished a total of 31 polymorphisms. All polymorphisms were scored as dominant genetic markers except for 1, where Southern analysis indicated the presence of two codominant amplification products. The inheritance of 19 RAPD polymorphisms and one morphological trait was studied in the DH lines. There was no evidence for segregation distortion, but a group of four tightly linked loci was detected. The frequencies of RAPD polymorphism in pairs of inbred lines were used to compute values of genetic distance (d), which were compared to kinship coefficients (r) between the same pairs of lines. A linear relationship between r and d was evident, but low values of r gave poor predictions of d. Cluster analysis showed that groups of inbred lines based on r were similar to those based on d with some notable exceptions. RAPD markers can be used to gain information about genetic similarities or differences that are not evident from pedigree information.     

Development of reliable PCR-based markers linked to downy mildew resistance genes in lettuce

Summary Sequence characterized amplified regions (SCARs) were derived from eight random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers linked to disease resistance genes in lettuce. SCARs are PCR-based markers that represent single, genetically defined loci that are identified by PCR amplification of genomic DNA with pairs of specific oligonucleotide primers; they may contain high-copy, dispersed genomic sequences within the amplified region. Amplified RAPD products were cloned and sequenced. The sequence was used to design 24-mer oligonucleotide primers for each end. All pairs of SCAR primers resulted in the amplification of single major bands the same size as the RAPD fragment cloned. Polymorphism was either retained as the presence or absence of amplification of the band or appeared as length polymorphisms that converted dominant RAPD loci into codominant SCAR markers. This study provided information on the molecular basis of RAPD markers. The amplified fragment contained no obvious repeated sequences beyond the primer sequence. Five out of eight pairs of SCAR primers amplified an alternate allele from both parents of the mapping population; therefore, the original RAPD polymorphism was likely due to mismatch at the primer sites.