Abstract
To construct a molecular-marker-assisted selection (MAS) system, research was done on identifying molecular markers linking to longer frond length, a crucial selection index in the breeding of the commercially important seaweed Saccharina japonica. An F2-segregant population of 92 individuals was obtained by crossing two prominent S. japonica strains. Genomic DNA from ten individuals with the longest frond and ten individuals with the shortest frond in the F2-segregant population were mixed to create two DNA pools for screening polymorphic markers. In bulked-segregant analysis (BSA), out of 100 random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers only two produced three polymorphic RAPD markers between the two DNA pools. In conversion of the three RAPD markers into sequence-characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers, only one was successfully converted into a SCAR marker FL-569 linking to the trait of longer frond. Test of the marker FL-569 showed that 80% of the individuals with longest fronds in a wild population and 87.5% of individuals with the longest fronds in an inbred line “Zhongke No. 2” could be detected by FL-569. Additionally, genetic linkage analysis showed that the SCAR marker could be integrated into the reported genetic map and QTL mapping showed that FL-569 linking to qL1-1. The obtained marker FL-569 will be beneficial to MAS in S. japonica breeding.
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The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for insightful criticisms and comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. This research was funded by Knowledge Innovation program (KSCXZ-YW-N-47-02) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong Agricultural Seed Stock Breeding Project and Modern Agricultural industry Technology Research Project (200903030) granted to D. L. Duan.
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Liu, F., Yao, J., Wang, X. et al. Identification of SCAR marker linking to longer frond length of Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) using bulked-segregant analysis. J Appl Phycol 23, 709–713 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-010-9567-x
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