Relationship between morphological and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) marker based genetic distance with heterosis in hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (74) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnamurthy S. L.,
2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surendra Bhattarai ◽  
Bruce Coulman ◽  
Yong-Bi Fu ◽  
Aaron D. Beattie ◽  
Bill Biligetu

Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) is a perennial forage legume widely distributed in the northern temperate regions of the world. Its genetic improvement has been relatively slow due, in part, to the lack of genetic information including molecular characterization of sainfoin germplasm. An attempt was made to evaluate genetic diversity and relationships among 38 sainfoin accessions collected from different regions of the world using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Five AFLP primer pairs were used to assess 367 individual plants, which produced 1042 polymorphic AFLP bands. The frequencies of the scored bands in all assayed individuals ranged from 0.003 to 0.973, with a mean value of 0.165. The analysis of molecular variance revealed higher within-accession (84.3%) genetic variation than among accessions (15.7%). The genetic distance based on inter-accession distance matrices was significant for most accessions but was not significant for accessions sharing similar parents. A dendrogram of the collected accessions showed two clusters at an inter-accession genetic distance coefficient of 0.36. The revealed information on genetic distance and genetic diversity of the sainfoin accessions is useful for selecting genetically diverse germplasms for sainfoin genetic improvement efforts.


2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 3675-3680 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Huys ◽  
L. Rigouts ◽  
K. Chemlal ◽  
F. Portaels ◽  
J. Swings

The usefulness of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis was evaluated for the discrimination of Mycobacterium bovis (17 strains), M. tuberculosis (15 strains), andM. ulcerans (12 strains) at the inter- and intraspecific level. The AFLP technique is a whole-genome coverage genotypic fingerprinting method based on the selective PCR amplification of modified restriction fragments obtained through a double enzymatic digest and subsequent ligation of double-stranded restriction site-specific adapter oligonucleotides. Selective amplification ofApaI/TaqI templates with primer combination A02-T02 (both having an additional C at their 3′ end) generated autoradiographic AFLP fingerprints that were grouped by numerical analysis in two main AFLP clusters allowing clear separation ofM. ulcerans (cluster I) from the M. tuberculosis complex members M. bovis and M. tuberculosis (cluster II). Calculation of similarities using the band-based Dice correlation coefficient instead of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient revealed a further subgrouping in cluster II. The two resulting subclusters corresponded with the phenotypic identity of M. bovis and M. tuberculosis, respectively, and could also be visually identified by two AFLP marker bands. Because of the relatively low degree of genotypic variation among the AFLP band patterns of the latter two taxa, no correlation could be found with previously reported molecular typing data or with geographical origin. The use of primer combination A02-T01 (the latter having an A as selective base) did not increase the resolving power within the M. tuberculosis complex but resulted in a visual subgrouping of the M. ulcerans strains that was not observed with primer combination A02-T02. Based on the presence or absence of a single AFLP marker band, the M. ulcerans isolates could be unambiguously classified in two continental types corresponding with the African and Australian origin of the strains, respectively. In conclusion, the radioactive AFLP method proved to be a reproducible and reliable taxonomic tool for the differentiation of the three mycobacterial species under study and also demonstrated its potential use for typing of M. ulceransstrains when employing multiple primer combinations.


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