Identification and characterization of salt responsive miRNA-SSR markers in rice (Oryza sativa) |
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Authors: | Tapan Kumar Mondal Showkat Ahmad Ganie |
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Institution: | Division of Genomic Resource, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resource, Pusa, New Delhi 110012, India |
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Abstract: | Salinity is an important abiotic stress that affects agricultural production and productivity. It is a complex trait that is regulated by different molecular mechanisms. miRNAs are non-coding RNAs which are highly conserved and regulate gene expression. Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are robust molecular markers for studying genetic diversity. Although several SSR markers are available now, challenge remains to identify the trait-specific SSRs which can be used for marker assisted breeding. In order to understand the genetic diversity of salt responsive-miRNA genes in rice, SSR markers were mined from 130 members of salt-responsive miRNA genes of rice and validated among the contrasting panels of tolerant as well as susceptible rice genotypes, each with 12 genotypes. Although 12 miR-SSRs were found to be polymorphic, only miR172b-SSR was able to differentiate the tolerant and susceptible genotypes in 2 different groups. It had also been found that miRNA genes were more diverse in susceptible genotypes than the tolerant one (as indicated by polymorphic index content) which might interfere to form the stem-loop structure of premature miRNA and their subsequent synthesis in susceptible genotypes. Thus, we concluded that length variations of the repeats in salt responsive miRNA genes may be responsible for a possible sensitivity to salinity adaptation. This is the first report of characterization of trait specific miRNA derived SSRs in plants. |
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Keywords: | CTAB polymorphic information content PIC polymorphic information content QTL Quantitative trait loci SSR Simple sequences repeat SSRIT Simple sequence repeat identification tools UPGMA Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean |
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