Rapid RAPD screening of plant DNA using dot blot hybridization |
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Authors: | Greg A Penner Sung J Lee Leslie J Bezte Elsa Ugali |
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Institution: | (1) Winnipeg Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, R3T 2M9 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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Abstract: | Scoring of the results of RAPD analysis using gel electrophoresis imposes a constraint on throughput. To circumvent this barrier, dot-blot hybridization was substituted for electrophoresis. Arbitrarily amplified fragments from barley and wheat genomic DNA were labelled and used as probes for the identification of identical fragments in subsequent amplification reactions. None of the twelve fragments used as probes exhibited significant levels of croos-hybridization to other fragments amplified by the same arbitrary primer. The strength of the hybridization signal facilitates more accurate and more sensitive detection of diagnostic fragments than gel electrophoresis. In addition, the defined spatial orientation (microtitre dish format) of the ± results provide an excellent format for automated data collection. The use of dot blot hybridization to analyse PCR products well decrease the cost and time requirements of marker-assisted selection. This technique will also facilitate the rapid application of PCR-based maps. |
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Keywords: | RAPD dot blot hybridization chromosome-specific markers marker-assisted selection |
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