A molecular marker approach using intron flanking EST-PCR to map candidate genes in peach (Prunus persica)



Título del documento: A molecular marker approach using intron flanking EST-PCR to map candidate genes in peach (Prunus persica)
Revue: Electronic journal of biotechnology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000358913
ISSN: 0717-3458
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Santiago de Chile. Chile
Año:
Volumen: 15
Número: 5
País: Chile
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, analítico
Resumen en inglés In Peach (Prunus persica) several physiological changes, such as woolliness, triggered by chilling injury are involved in major production losses due to cold storage of the fruits during shipping. Additionally, the low level of polymorphisms among peach varieties is an important limitation in the search for new molecular markers that could be associated with economically important traits. Therefore, a functional approach was employed to associate candidate genes with an informative marker in peach. The data was obtained from the results of an in silico analysis of four different cold peach treatments. Thirty two candidate genes were selected that were aligned against Arabidopsis thaliana genomic sequences to design intron-flanking EST-PCR markers. These markers were used to position the candidate genes on the Prunus genetic reference map. In the physiological response to chilling injury, cell wall integrity, carbohydrate metabolism and stress response pathways could be involved, therefore candidate genes associated by Gene Ontology annotation to these pathways were included in the analysis. The designed markers were positioned to the Texas X Earlygold (TxE) genetic reference map through selective mapping methodology (Bin mapping). 72% of these new markers showed polymorphism in the TxE Binset population and 31% of them were successfully mapped to a genetic position on the Prunus reference map. The bioinformatic methodology used in this work includes a first approach in search for functional molecular markers associated to differentially expressed genes under certain physiological condition which in addition to the Bin mapping approach allows addressing a genetically anchored position to these new markers
Disciplinas: Agrociencias,
Biología
Palabras clave: Frutales,
Genética,
Biología molecular,
Durazno,
Prunus persica,
Marcadores moleculares,
Bioinformática,
Plantas transgénicas,
Biotecnología
Keyword: Agricultural sciences,
Biology,
Fruit trees,
Genetics,
Molecular biology,
Peach,
Prunus persica,
Transgenic plants,
Biotechnology,
Molecular markers,
Bioinformatics
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