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SNP markers trace familial linkages in a cloned population of Pinus taeda—prospects for genomic selection

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Advances in DNA sequencing technology have made possible the genotyping of thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, and new methods of statistical analysis are emerging to apply these advances in plant breeding programs. We report the utility of markers for prediction of breeding values in a forest tree species using empirical genotype data (3,406 polymorphic SNP loci). A total of 526 Pinus taeda L. clones tested widely in field trials were phenotyped at age 5 years. Only 149 clones from 13 full-sib crosses were genotyped. Markers were fit simultaneously to predict marker additive and dominance effects. Subsets of the 149 genotyped clones were used to train a model using all markers. Cross-validation strategies were followed for the remaining subset of genotyped individuals. The accuracy of genomic estimated breeding values ranged from 0.61 to 0.83 for wood lignin and cellulose content, and from 0.30 to 0.68 for height and volume traits. The accuracies of predictions based on markers were comparable with the accuracies based on pedigree. Because of the small number of SNP markers used and the relatively small population size, we suggest that observed accuracies in this study trace familial linkage rather than historical linkage disequilibrium with trait loci. Prediction accuracies of models that use only a subset of markers were generally comparable with the accuracies of the models using all markers, regardless of whether markers are associated with the phenotype. The results suggest that using SNP loci for selection instead of phenotype is efficient under different relative lengths of the breeding cycle, which would allow cost-effective applications in tree breeding programs. Prospects for applications of genomic selection to P. taeda breeding are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., and CellFor, Inc., for the field measurement data; David Barker and Josh Steiger (NCSU Cooperative Tree Improvement Program) for collection of wood cores, preparation of samples, and collection of NIR spectra; and Dr. Gary Hodge (Camcore) for prediction of lignin and cellulose content. This work was supported by the Conifer Translational Genomics Network Coordinated Agricultural Project (USDA NRI #2007-02781 and AFRI #2009-01879), the NC State University Cooperative Tree Improvement Program, and the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NCSU.

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  1. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Jaime Zapata-Valenzuela, Fikret Isik, Steve McKeand & Ross Whetten

  2. Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Christian Maltecca

  3. Department of Plant Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA

    Jill Wegrzyn & David Neale

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Jaime Zapata-Valenzuela, Fikret Isik, and Ross Whetten contributed equally to this work.

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Zapata-Valenzuela, J., Isik, F., Maltecca, C. et al. SNP markers trace familial linkages in a cloned population of Pinus taeda—prospects for genomic selection. Tree Genetics & Genomes 8, 1307–1318 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-012-0516-5

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