EST sequencing and SSR marker development from cultivated peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.)

Making use of the gene resources of wild type peanuts is a way to increase the genetic diversity of the cultivars. Marker assisted selection (MAS) could shorten the process of inter-specific hybridization and provide a possible way to remove the undesirable traits. However, the limited number of mol...

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Published inElectronic Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 13; no. 3
Main Authors Song, Guo Qi, Li, Meng Jun, Xiao, Han, Wang, Xing Jun, Tang, Rong Hua, Xia, Han, Zhao, Chuan Zhi, Bi, Yu Ping
Format Journal Article
Published Chile Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 29.03.2011
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Arachis hypogaea L
cultivars
EST-SSR
polymorphism
wild-type peanut
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Summary:Making use of the gene resources of wild type peanuts is a way to increase the genetic diversity of the cultivars. Marker assisted selection (MAS) could shorten the process of inter-specific hybridization and provide a possible way to remove the undesirable traits. However, the limited number of molecular markers available in peanut retarded its MAS process. We started a peanut ESTs (Expressed Sequence Tags) project aiming at cloning genes with agronomic importance and developing molecular markers. In this study we found 610 ESTs that contained one or more SSRs from 12,000 peanut ESTs. The most abundant SSRs in peanut are trinucleotides (66.3%) SSRs and followed by dinucleotide (28.8%) SSRs. AG/TC (10.7%) repeat was the most abundant and followed by CT/GA (9.0%), CTT/GAA (7.4%), and AAG/TTC (7.3%) repeats. Ninety-four SSR containing ESTs were randomly selected for primer design and synthesis, of which 33 pairs could generate good amplification and were used for polymorphism assessment. Results showed that polymorphism was very low in cultivars, while high level of polymorphism was revealed in wild type peanuts.
ISSN:0717-3458
0717-3458