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Cultivar Identification and Genetic Diversity of Chinese Bayberry (Myrica rubra) Accessions Based on Fluorescent SSR Markers

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A collection of 122 Chinese bayberry accessions and one wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera L.) were analyzed with 14 polymorphic simple sequence repeats (SSRs). The average number of alleles per locus was 9.3, and polymorphism information content varied from 0.07 to 0.83, with a mean value of 0.62. The genetic relationships among the 123 accessions were analyzed using the unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA). The similarity among all the accessions, based on Dice’s coefficient, varied from 0.78 to 0.99, and 0.74 between the Chinese bayberries and wax myrtle. A set of 122 Chinese bayberries clustered into four groups, with the first group further divided into six subgroups. The accessions originating from the same geographical region were more closely related than those from different regions, although extensive gene flow has taken place. The Mantel test, used to compare similarity matrices calculated from AFLP and SSR data, showed that their combination could provide information on the genetic relationship among the Chinese bayberry accessions. Ten selected SSR markers were able to distinguish most accessions, and multiplex PCR systems were developed. In addition, we found that SSRs developed from Chinese bayberry are transferable to M. cerifera.

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This research was supported by the Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province (2006 C14016 and 2009R50033), and the Special Research Fund for Public Welfare in Chinese Agriculture (contract no. 200903044).

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  1. Department of Horticulture, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, State Agriculture Ministry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, People’s Republic of China

    Rang-Jin Xie, Jian Zhou, Lin Chen & Zhong-Shan Gao

  2. Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, People’s Republic of China

    Rang-Jin Xie

  3. Fruit Research Institute, Yuyao Ningbo, 315400, People’s Republic of China

    Guo-Yun Wang

  4. Department of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, People’s Republic of China

    Shui-Ming Zhang

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List of 122 bayberry accessions and one M. cerifera included in the study (DOC 176 kb)

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Xie, RJ., Zhou, J., Wang, GY. et al. Cultivar Identification and Genetic Diversity of Chinese Bayberry (Myrica rubra) Accessions Based on Fluorescent SSR Markers. Plant Mol Biol Rep 29, 554–562 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-010-0261-6

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