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Development of retrotransposon primers and their utilization for germplasm identification in Diospyros spp. (Ebenaceae)

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Retrotransposons play an important role in plant genetic instability and genome evolution. Retrotransposon-based molecular markers are valuable tools to reveal the behavior of retrotransposons in their host genome. In this study, suppression polymerase chain reaction was used, for the first time, to develop retrotransposon long terminal repeat (LTR) and polypurine tract (PPT) primers in Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.), which were then employed for germplasm identification by means of interretrotransposon-amplified polymorphism (IRAP), sequence-specific amplified polymorphism (SSAP) and retrotransposon-microsatellite-amplified polymorphism (REMAP) molecular markers. The results showed that 16 out of 26 primers produced expected amplifications and abundant polymorphisms by IRAP in 28 genotypes of Diospyros. Moreover, some of these primers were further successfully used in REMAP and SSAP analysis. Each type of molecular markers produced unique fingerprint in 28 genotypes analyzed. Among the primers/primer combinations, two IRAP primers and four SSAP primer combinations could discriminate all of the germplasm solely. Further comparative analysis indicated that IRAP was the most sensitive marker system for detecting variability. High level of retrotransposon insertion polymorphisms between bud sports were detected by IRAP and SSAP, and the primers/primer combinations with powerful discrimination capacity for two pairs of bud sports lines were further obtained. Additionally, possible genetic relationships between several Japanese persimmon were discussed. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the development of retrotransposon LTR and PPT primers in Diospyros, and the retrotransposon primers developed herein might open new avenue for research in the future.

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We gratefully acknowledge Drs. Jihong Liu and Qiang Xu, Huazhong Agricultural University, for critical reading of the manuscript. This research was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. 30471203).

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Du, X., Zhang, Q. & Luo, Z. Development of retrotransposon primers and their utilization for germplasm identification in Diospyros spp. (Ebenaceae). Tree Genetics & Genomes 5, 235–245 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-008-0182-9

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