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QTLs and candidate genes for wood properties in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

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A three-generation outbred pedigree of 186 individuals was used to identify the genomic regions involved in the variability of chemical and physical wood properties of Pinus pinaster. A total of 54 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) was detected, with an average of 2.4 QTLs per trait. Clusters of wood properties QTLs were found at several points in the genome, suggesting the existence of pleiotropic effects of a limited number of genes. The co-localizations observed in this study are in accordance with the genetic correlations previously reported in the literature. In addition, in an attempt to identify the genes underlying the QTLs, nine wood quality candidate genes involved in cell wall structure were localized on the genetic map. Only one of them, Korrigan, a gene encoding for a β 1-4 endo-glucanase known in Arabidopis thaliana to be involved in polysaccharide biosynthesis, co-localized with a wood quality QTL cluster involved in hemicellulose content and fibre characteristics. This finding is in accordance with results previously reported for this gene regarding its expression variability (transcriptome and proteome levels) and patterns of molecular evolution. The pertinence of this result will be tested in more rigorous designs in order to identify early selection predictors for wood quality.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. H. Höfte for his helpful comments and advice.

This work was supported by funding from the European Union (GENIALITY: FAIR CT98-3953, GEMINI: QLRT-1999-00942), the Aquitaine Region (no. 2002 0307002A) and the Ministère de la Recherche (Biotech programme).

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  1. UMR 1202 BIOGECO, INRA, Equipe de Génétique, 69 route d’Arcachon, 33612, Cestas, Cédex, France

    David Pot & Christophe Plomion

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    David Pot

  3. Instituto Investigaçao Cientifica Tropical, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisbon, 1349-01, Portugal

    Jose-Carlos Rodrigues

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  6. Forest Science Centre, The University of Melbourne, Creswick, 3363, Australia

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  7. School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK

    Christine Cahalan

  8. Institut du Pin, Université de Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405, Talence, Cédex, France

    Frédérique Pichavant

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Pot, D., Rodrigues, JC., Rozenberg, P. et al. QTLs and candidate genes for wood properties in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). Tree Genetics & Genomes 2, 10–24 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-005-0026-9

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