Development and characterization of SSR markers in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) and its related species

2011 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q.H. Ma ◽  
G.X. Wang ◽  
L.S. Liang
PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e1735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng-cheng Fu ◽  
Yan-Zhao Zhang ◽  
Hui-yuan Ya ◽  
Qing-bo Gao

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujubaMill. [Rhamnaceae]), native to China, is a major dried fruit crop in Asia. Although many simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers are available for phylogenetic analysis of jujube cultivars, few of these are validated on the level of jujube populations. In this study, we first examined the abundance of jujube SSRs with repeated unit lengths of 1–6 base pairs, and compared their distribution with those inArabidopsis thaliana. We identified 280,596 SSRs in the assembled genome of jujube. The density of SSRs in jujube was 872.60 loci/Mb, which was much higher than inA. thaliana(221.78 loci/Mb). (A+ T)-rich repeats were dominant in the jujube genome. We then randomly selected 100 SSRs in the jujube genome with long repeats and used them to successfully design 70 primer pairs. After screening using a series of criteria, a set of 20 fluorescently labeled primer pairs was further selected and screened for polymorphisms among three jujube populations. The average number of alleles per locus was 12.8. Among the three populations, mean observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.858 to 0.967 and 0.578 to 0.844, respectively. After testing in three populations, all SSRs loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in at least one population. Finally, removing high null allele frequency loci and linked loci, a set of 17 unlinked loci was in HWE. These markers will facilitate the study of jujube genetic structure and help elucidate the evolutionary history of this important fruit crop.


Biologia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kularb Laosatit ◽  
Patcharin Tanya ◽  
Chatree Saensuk ◽  
Peerasak Srinives

AbstractJatropha curcas (jatropha) is a multipurpose plant with potential as a raw material for biofuel. In the present study, a total of 43,349 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from J. curcas were searched for type and frequency of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Five thousand one hundred and seventy-five sequences were indentified to contain 6,108 SSRs with 90.8% simple and 9.2% compound repeat motifs. One hundred and sixty-three EST-SSRs were developed and used to evaluate the transferability and genetic relatedness among 4 accessions of J. curcas from China, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam; 5 accessions of congeneric species, viz. J. gossypiifolia, dwarf J. integerrima, normal J. integerrima, J. multifida, J. podagrica; and Ricinus communis. The polymorphic markers showed 75.56–85.19% transferability among four species of Jatropha and 26.67% transferability across genera in Ricinus communis. Investigation of genetic relatedness showed that J. curcas and J. integerrima are closely related. EST-SSRs used in this study demonstrate a high efficiency of cross species/genera amplification and are useful for identifying genetic diversity of jatropha and its close taxa and to choose the desired related species for wide crossing to improve new varieties of jatropha. The markers can also be further exploited for genetic resource management and genetic improvement of related species/genera through marker-assisted breeding programs.


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