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We have previously presented an integrated linkage map of tomato chromosome 6, that showed the position of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers relative to a variety of classical markers. As for the short arm, map resolution has now been improved by crossing the chromosome 6 substitution line WSL6 to additional tester lines, carrying markers on the short arm. Molecular linkage analysis of the F2 populations enabled us to produce an integrated linkage map showing the position of molecular markers relative to the classical markers Aps-1, yv, Mi, Cf-2/Cf-5, tl and pds. In order to incorporate the centromere into the integrated map, a radiation-induced deletion mapping strategy was applied, using irradiated pollen from L. pennellii LA716 in crosses to a L. esculentum line recessive for the markers yv and tl, that flank the centromere. Molecular analysis of the hemizygous yv-deletion and tl-deletion plants identified among the F1 progeny, provided an estimate of the size of the respective deletions and, thus, of the position of the centromere relative to the molecular markers linked to yv and tl. This radiation mapping approach also provided evidence showing that, unlike published data, the root knot nematode resistance gene Mi as well as the Cladosporium fulvum resistance genes Cf-2/Cf-5 are located on the short arm.
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Van Wordragen, M.F., Weide, R., Liharska, T. et al. Genetic and molecular organization of the short arm and pericentromeric region of tomato chromsome 6. Euphytica 79, 169–174 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022515
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