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Leaf Transcriptome Analysis and Development of EST-SSR Markers in Arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia L. Var. Sinensis)

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As a native in Southeast Asia, Sagittaria trifolia L. var. sinensis (arrowhead) is an aquatic perennial herb of Alismataceae family. For the aim of discovering genes and development molecular markers, high-throughput transcriptome sequencing is applied to generate enormous transcript sequences from arrowhead leaf generate. Through trimmed and assembled, 51, 836 contigs were obtained with mean length of 680 bp. Sequence similarity analyses against four public databases (NR, GO, KEGG, KOG) found 23, 595 contigs that could be annotated with gene descriptions, conserved protein domains, or gene ontology terms. In this study, 3, 861 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers of arrowhead were identified in 3, 174 contigs of transcriptome data,and 2, 476 primer pairs were designed for marker development. Of these, 100 primers were randomly selected, synthesized and used for validation of the amplification and assessment of polymorphisms in 79 arrowhead accessions. 78 loci reliably amplified a clear single band of expexted size, and 68 loci were scoreable and polymorphic with 2 to 11 alleles per locus. The polymorphism information content valued ranged from 0.01 to 0.84. The SSR markers developed from arrowhead, could be successfully applied to Sagittaria pygmaea, with a transferability rate of 91.14% (72/79). The phylogenetic tree was also constructed to analyse the genetic diversity in arrowhead accessions. The large number of SSR markers developed in this study will be useful in the researches of population genetics, genetic diversity, and germplasm characterization in arrowhead.

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We thank to the editor and reviewer for their constructive suggestions and comments. This research was supported by National Key Technologies R&D Program (No. 2012BAD27B01).

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  1. Yongning You, Xinfang Huang, Weidong Ke and Zhongli Hu contributed equally to this work.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, No.299, Ba Yi Road, Wuchang, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Yongning You, Teng Cheng, Xingfei Zheng, Ying Diao & Zhongli Hu

  2. Wuhan National Germplasm Repository for Aquatic Vegetables, Wuhan Vegetable Institute of Science, 430065, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Xinfang Huang & Weidong Ke

  3. Hubei Key Laboratory of Quality Control of Characteristic Fruits and Vegetables, College of Agricultural, Hubei Engineering University, 432000, Xiaogan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

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  4. Suzhou Vegetable Institute of Science, Suzhou, 215008, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Zhongzhou Bao

  5. College of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou New & High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Zhengzhou, 450001, People’s Republic of China

    Chen Dong

  6. Wuhan National Germplasm Repository for Aquatic Vegetables, Wuhan Vegetable Institute of Science, 430065, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Weidong Ke

  7. State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, No.299, Ba Yi Road, Wuchang, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

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Supplementary file 1

– Primer sequences for SSR loci. SSR primers were designed using Primer 3.0. The sequence ID, SSR type, SSR motif type, motif size, location of the SSR, location of primers, primer sequences, length of primers, melting temperature, and product size are provided for each locus. (XLS 682 kb)

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– Characterization of 100 primer pairs amplification in 79 individual plants. Primer name, sequence ID, repeat motif, sequence of primers, melting temperature and expected size (bp) are indicated. (XLS 45 kb)

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– Details of 79 validated EST-SSR markers and predicted functions of their genes, based on BLASTX. Primer name, sequence ID, repeat motif, expected size (bp), objective size (bp), number of varieties from which it was successfully amplified, N. alleles, PIC value, NR_Function, and KOG_Function are indicated. (XLSX 21 kb)

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You, Y., Huang, X., Liu, H. et al. Leaf Transcriptome Analysis and Development of EST-SSR Markers in Arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia L. Var. Sinensis). Tropical Plant Biol. 13, 189–200 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12042-019-09242-2

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