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In a previous study, cDNA microsatellite markers were described in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.). Specific PCR primers were designed to amplify the microsatellite-containing regions from genomic DNA in different Prunus species. In the present work, cDNA microsatellite markers were developed in the hexaploid Prunus domestica L. species and polymorphism was ascertained in a segregating plum population. Co-dominant mendelian segregation of alleles was demonstrated and microsatellite polymorphism displayed up to 6 alleles per SSR locus per individual. Parentage lineage of three full-sib European plum cultivars (cv. ‘Cacanska najbolja’, ‘Cacanska rana’ and ‘Cacanska lepotica’) was reconstructed by the analysis of the above nuclear SSR markers, completed by four chloroplastic microsatellite loci. The six most informative nuclear loci enabled discrimination between the three Cacak cultivars and unrelated individuals as well as the previously proposed parents, ‘Wangenheim’ and ‘Pozegaca’. Data obtained support previous evidence that these cultivars originated from the ‘Stanley’ cultivar. However, SSR analysis finally excluded ‘Wangenheim’ as the other possible parent. Based on the results obtained with nuclear and chloroplast SSR loci, we propose the origin of those three Cacak cultivars in a cross between ‘Stanley’ as the mother plant and ‘Ruth gerstetter’ as the pollinator. Furthermore, we demonstrate the utility of these apricot SSR markers for genotype fingerprinting of the hexaploid plum cultivars.
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Decroocq, V., Hagen, L., Favé, MG. et al. Microsatellite markers in the hexaploid Prunus domestica species and parentage lineage of three European plum cultivars using nuclear and chloroplast simple-sequence repeats. Molecular Breeding 13, 135–142 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MOLB.0000018761.04559.b3
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