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Linkage maps of the apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cvs ‘Ralls Janet’ and ‘Delicious’ include newly developed EST markers

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Two apple genetic linkage maps were constructed using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), simple sequence repeats (SSRs), random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs), and expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived markers in combination with a pseudo-testcross mapping strategy in which the cultivars ‘Ralls Janet’ and ‘Delicious’ were used as the respective seed parents. Mitsubakaido (Malus sieboldii) was used as the pollen parent for each of the segregating F1 populations. Expressed sequence tag data were obtained from the random sequencing of cDNA libraries constructed from in vitro cultured shoots and maturing fruits of cv ‘Fuji’, which is the offspring of a cross between ‘Ralls Janet’ and ‘Delicious’. In addition, a number of published gene sequences were used to develop markers for mapping. The ‘Ralls Janet’ map consisted of 346 markers (178 AFLPs, 95 RAPDs, 54 SSRs, 18 ESTs, and the S locus) in 17 linkage groups, with a total length of 1082 cM, while that of ‘Delicious’ comprised 300 markers (120 AFLPs, 81 RAPDs, 64 SSRs, 32 ESTs, and the S, Rf, and MdACS-1 loci) on 17 linkage groups spanning 1031 cM. These maps are amenable to comparisons with previously published maps of ‘Fiesta’ and ‘Discovery’ (Liebhard et al., Mol Breed 10:217–241, 2002; Liebhard et al., Theor Appl Genet 106:1497–1508, 2003a) because several of the SSRs (one to three markers per linkage group) were used in all of the maps. Distorted marker segregation was observed in three and two regions of the ‘Ralls Janet’ and ‘Delicious’ maps, respectively. These regions were localized in different parts of the genome from those in previously reported apple linkage maps. This marker distortion may be dependent on the combinations of cultivars used for map construction.

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We thank Dr. M. Omura for his suggestions. We also thank Ms. K. Shiratori and Ms. M. Jin for the technical assistance.

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    Megumi Igarashi, Yoshie Abe, Yoshimichi Hatsuyama, Takanori Ueda & Masahiko Suzuki

  2. Apple Experiment Station, Aomori Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, 24 Fukutami, Botandaira, Kuroishi, 036-0322, Japan

    Tomoko Fukasawa-Akada, Tomoyuki Kon, Tsuyoshi Kudo & Takashi Sato

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Igarashi, M., Abe, Y., Hatsuyama, Y. et al. Linkage maps of the apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cvs ‘Ralls Janet’ and ‘Delicious’ include newly developed EST markers. Mol Breeding 22, 95–118 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-008-9159-5

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