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Phenotype/genotype associations for yield and salt tolerance in a barley mapping population segregating for two dwarfing genes.

Barley traits related to salt tolerance are mapped in a population segregating for a dwarfing gene associated with salt tolerance. Twelve quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected for seven seedling traits in doubled haploids from the spring barley cross Derkado x B83-12/21/5 when given saline treatment in hydroponics. The location of QTLs for seedling growth stage (leaf appearance rate), stem weight prior to elongation, and tiller number are reported for the first time. In addition, four QTLs were found for the mature plant traits grain nitrogen and plot yield. In total, seven QTLs are co-located with the dwarfing genes sdw1, on chromosome 3H, and ari-e.GP, on chromosome 5H, including seedling leaf response (SGa) to gibberellic acid (GA(3)). QTLs controlling the growth of leaves (GS2) on chromosomes 2H and 3H and emergence of tillers (TN2) and grain yield were independent of the dwarfing genes. Field trials were grown in eastern Scotland and England to estimate yield and grain composition. A genetic map was used to compare the positions of QTLs for seedling traits with the location of QTLs for the mature plant traits. The results are discussed in relation to the study of barley physiology and the location of genes for dwarf habit and responses to GA.

Adaptation, Physiological↗

CYClones: a highly powered, fully genotyped, eight-parent yeast mapping population.

The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a remarkably adaptable organism that thrives in diverse environments. Global sequencing of natural isolates has revealed extensive genetic diversity within the species. Here, we describe the construction and characterization of CYClones (Collaborative Yeast Cross clones), a library of 11,392 segregants generated from a multiparent funnel cross of eight genetically diverse parental strains. To enable the genetic dissection of complex traits, we imputed whole-genome sequences for all segregants and show that CYClones captures a substantial fraction of the global genetic diversity of S. cerevisiae. Haplotype representation is well maintained, with each parental haplotype present at >5% frequency across >95% of the genome. Simulations demonstrate that CYClones has ≥95% power to detect variants with heritability as low as 0.36%, with mapping resolution often finer than the length of a single gene. In summary, CYClones is a powerful community resource for dissecting the genetic architecture of complex and quantitative traits, uncovering context-dependent mutational effects, and identifying causal variants underlying phenotypic diversity.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae↗

A comparison of genetic maps constructed from haploid and BC1 mapping populations from the same crossing between Gossypium hirsutum L. and Gossypium barbadense L.

Simple sequence repeat (SSR) genetic maps have been separately constructed based on doubled haploid (DH) and (or) haploid and BC1 populations from the same cross between Gossypium hirsutum L. 'TM-1' and Gossypium barbadense L. 'Hai7124'. The BC1 population was produced by pollinating individual plants of the 'TM-1' x 'Hai7124' F1 with 'TM-1', whereas the DH and (or) haploid population developed from the offspring of Vsg x ('TM-1' x 'Hai7124'). Vsg is a virescently marked semigamy line of Gossypium barbadense L. Pima. The BC1 map included 34 linkage groups with an average distance between markers of 9.80 cM (Kosambi, K) and covered 4331.2 cM (K) or approximately 78.7% of the tetraploid cotton genome constructed using 440 SSR and 2 morphological marker genes. Among them, 26 were assigned to 20 chromosomes, 7 to A or D subgenomes, and 1 was unassigned. The haploid map comprised 444 SSR markers mapped to 40 linkage groups with an average distance of 7.35 cM (K) between markers, covering 3262.9 cM (K) or approximately 60.0% of the tetraploid genome. Twenty-nine linkage groups were assigned to all 19 identified chromosomes, 10 to A or D subgenomes, and 1 was unassigned. Fairly good collinearity of marker order was observed along most of the chromosomes or linkage groups. Significant differences in recombination between maps was observed at the chromosomal and genomic level and possible reasons were discussed. Map comparison and combined data provided an essential basis for further mapping of interested genes and QTLs and for studies of diversity, population structure, and phylogeny in Gossypium species.

Chromosome Mapping↗

Polymer-population mapping and localization in the space of phenotypes.

We present a mapping between the thermodynamics of an ideal heteropolymer in an external field and the dynamics of structured populations in fluctuating environments. We employ a population model in which individuals may adopt different phenotypes, each of which may be optimal in a different environment. Using this mapping, we develop a path integral formulation for populations and predict the existence of a biological counterpart for the well-known heteropolymer localization phase transition.

Algorithms↗

The search for QTL in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) using a new mapping population.

Ninety-nine different lines of the Doubled-Haploid F2 winter barley population W766 ('Angora' x 'W704/137') were genetically fingerprinted using AFLP, microsatellite, morphological and resistance markers. A preliminary map consisting of seven linkage groups is presented. The map contains a highly distorted region on the long arm of chromosome 3H reflecting preselection of the genotypes for resistance against barley mild mosaic virus. QTL analysis of morphological and phenological traits yielded 99 significant QTL, with most traits (66.3%) being represented by a single QTL. The distribution of significant QTL over the chromosomes was very uneven, the bulk being placed on the long arm of chromosome 3H and no QTL being found on chromosome 4H. This possibly points to the presence of a strong pleiotropic gene on 3H or of a group of related genes that mask weaker effects that were found on other linkage groups as subsignificant QTL. Using two examples of detected QTL (for tillering and grain number), it is shown how the findings of the QTL analysis could be incorporated into an existing morphological simulation model of barley using simple statistical methods.

Chromosomes, Plant↗

[Genogeography of human populations: computer mapping of population genetics data].

Genogeography as a field of interdisciplinar investigation was introduced into science in 1928 by Russian geneticist A. S. Serebrovsky an today is well known in human genetics as gene geography. This work was undertaken to introduce a new method of computer cartography of gene frequencies in human and in any other populations. The method is different from known one of P. Menozzi, A. Piazza and L. Cavalli-Sforza. Two key moments of the method are principle of fusion-fission of gene in the homogeneous geographical space equally free-for-all human genes, and principle of local-linear (but not of the high-orders) interpolation of gene frequencies onto spheric surface of geographical space. Such procedure was used for mapping of human AB0-B gene frequencies among native populations of Central Asia.

ABO Blood-Group System↗

A gene causing Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome in a Puerto Rican population maps to chromosome 10q2.

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects pigment production and platelet function and causes the deposition of a ceroid-like material in various tissues. Variability in the phenotype and the presence of several potential mouse models suggest that HPS may be a heterogeneous disorder. In order to identify a gene responsible for HPS, we collected blood samples from a relatively homogeneous population in Puerto Rico where the HPS carrier frequency is estimated to be 1 in 21. Analysis of pooled DNA samples allowed us to rapidly screen the genome for candidate loci, and significant evidence for linkage was detected for a marker on chromosome 10q. This region of the human genome is conserved syntenically with the region on mouse chromosome 19 where two possible mouse models for HPS, pale ear and ruby eye, are located. This linkage result was verified with additional markers, and a maximum LOD score of 5.07 at theta = .001 was calculated for marker D10S198. Haplotype analysis places the HPS gene in a region of approximately 14 cM that contains the markers D10S198 and D10S1239.

Albinism, Oculocutaneous↗

[Dependence of the results of a genetic analysis of self-pollinating cereal species on the specificity of the mapping population].

The available in literature information as for results of genetic analysis of several self-pollinating cereal species involving the use of plant lines with alien genetic material as the object of analysis is summarized. The restrictions caused by specificity of the investigated material as for the possible explanation of the obtained results are emphasized. Several suggestions concerning the preliminary study of introgressive plant lines before their including into experimental programs on genetic analysis are made.

Aneuploidy↗

Discovery of SNPs in soybean genotypes frequently used as the parents of mapping populations in the United States and Korea.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) including insertion/deletions (indels) serve as useful and informative genetic markers. The availability of high-throughput and inexpensive SNP typing systems has increased interest in the development of SNP markers. After fragments of genes were amplified with primers derived from 110 soybean GenBank ESTs, sequencing data of PCR products from 15 soybean genotypes from Korea and the United States were analyzed by SeqScape software to find SNPs. Among 35 gene fragments with at least one SNP among the 15 genotypes, SNPs occurred at a frequency of 1 per 2,038 bp in 16,302 bp of coding sequence and 1 per 191 bp in 16,960 bp of noncoding regions. This corresponds to a nucleotide diversity (theta) of 0.00017 and 0.00186, respectively. Of the 97 SNPs discovered, 78 or 80.4% were present in the six North American soybean mapping parents. The addition of "Hwaeomputkong," which originated from Japan, increased the number to 92, or 94.8% of the total number of SNPs present among the 15 genotypes. Thus, Hwaeomputkong and the six North American mapping parents provide a diverse set of soybean genotypes that can be successfully used for SNP discovery in coding DNA and closely associated introns and untranslated regions.

Base Sequence↗

In situ spatial patterns of soil bacterial populations, mapped at multiple scales, in an arable soil.

Very little is known about the spatial organization of soil microbes across scales that are relevant both to microbial function and to field-based processes. The spatial distributions of microbes and microbially mediated activity have a high intrinsic variability. This can present problems when trying to quantify the effects of disturbance, management practices, or climate change on soil microbial systems and attendant function. A spatial sampling regime was implemented in an arable field. Cores of undisturbed soil were sampled from a 3 x 3 x 0.9 m volume of soil (topsoil and subsoil) and a biological thin section, in which the in situ distribution of bacteria could be quantified, prepared from each core. Geostatistical analysis was used to quantify the nature of spatial structure from micrometers to meters and spatial point pattern analysis to test for deviations from complete spatial randomness of mapped bacteria. Spatial structure in the topsoil was only found at the microscale (micrometers), whereas evidence for nested scales of spatial structure was found in the subsoil (at the microscale, and at the centimeter to meter scale). Geostatistical ranges of spatial structure at the micro scale were greater in the topsoil and tended to decrease with depth in the subsoil. Evidence for spatial aggregation in bacteria was stronger in the topsoil and also decreased with depth in the subsoil, though extremely high degrees of aggregation were found at very short distances in the deep subsoil. The data suggest that factors that regulate the distribution of bacteria in the subsoil operate at two scales, in contrast to one scale in the topsoil, and that bacterial patches are larger and more prevalent in the topsoil.

Agriculture↗

[Current status and future perspective of genetic linkage mapping in aquaculture species].

Constructing genetic linkage map is an essential tool to acknowledge genome in aquaculture species. This paper has reviewed the current status of genetic linkage map research, including mapping population, mapping method and molecular markers used to construct linkage map. Linkage map has great potential in marker assisted selection (MAS), gene locating and cloning, and comparative genome mapping. Genetic linkage map with high density and wide coverage of genome will allow cloning the genes which contribute to economically important traits. The ultimate aim of the constructing linkage map is the development of fast-growing, disease-resistant strains of the major aquaculture species.

Animals↗

A random model approach to mapping quantitative trait loci for complex binary traits in outbred populations.

Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) for complex binary traits is more challenging than for normally distributed traits due to the nonlinear relationship between the observed phenotype and unobservable genetic effects, especially when the mapping population contains multiple outbred families. Because the number of alleles of a QTL depends on the number of founders in an outbred population, it is more appropriate to treat the effect of each allele as a random variable so that a single variance rather than individual allelic effects is estimated and tested. Such a method is called the random model approach. In this study, we develop the random model approach of QTL mapping for binary traits in outbred populations. An EM-algorithm with a Fisher-scoring algorithm embedded in each E-step is adopted here to estimate the genetic variances. A simple Monte Carlo integration technique is used here to calculate the likelihood-ratio test statistic. For the first time we show that QTL of complex binary traits in an outbred population can be scanned along a chromosome for their positions, estimated for their explained variances, and tested for their statistical significance. Application of the method is illustrated using a set of simulated data.

Breeding↗

Molecular mapping of Stb1, a potentially durable gene for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in wheat.

Septoria tritici blotch (STB), caused by the ascomycete Mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici), was the most destructive disease of wheat in Indiana and adjacent states before deployment of the resistance gene Stb1 during the early 1970s. Since then, Stb1 has provided durable protection against STB in widely grown wheat cultivars. However, its chromosomal location and allelic relationships to most other STB genes are not known, so the molecular mapping of Stb1 is of great interest. Genetic analyses and molecular mapping were performed for two mapping populations. A total of 148 F1 plants (mapping population I) were derived from a three-way cross between the resistant line P881072-75-1 and the susceptible lines P881072-75-2 and Monon, and 106 F6 recombinant-inbred lines (mapping population II) were developed from a cross between the resistant line 72626E2-12-9-1 and the susceptible cultivar Arthur. Bulked-segregant analysis with random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), and microsatellite or simple-sequence repeat (SSR) markers was conducted to identify those that were putatively linked to the Stb1 gene. Segregation analyses confirmed that a single dominant gene controls the resistance to M. graminicola in each mapping population. Two RAPD markers, G7(1200) and H19(520), were tightly linked to Stb1 in wheat line P881072-75-1 at distances of less than 0.68 cM and 1.4 cM, respectively. In mapping population II, the most closely linked marker was SSR Xbarc74, which was 2.8 cM proximal to Stb1 on chromosome 5BL. Microsatellite loci Xgwm335 and Xgwm213 also were proximal to Stb1 at distances of 7.4 cM and 8.3 cM, respectively. The flanking AFLP marker, EcoRI-AGC/ MseI-CTA-1, was 8.4 cM distal to Stb1. The two RAPD markers, G7(1200) and H19(520), and AFLP EcoRI-AGC/ MseI-CTA-1, were cloned and sequenced for conversion into sequence-characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers. Only RAPD allele H19(520) could be converted successfully, and none of the SCAR markers was diagnostic for the Stb1 locus. Analysis of SSR and the original RAPD primers on several 5BL deletion stocks positioned the Stb1 locus in the region delineated by chromosome breakpoints at fraction lengths 0.59 and 0.75. The molecular markers tightly linked to Stb1 could be useful for marker-assisted selection and for pyramiding of Stb1 with other genes for resistance to M. graminicola in wheat.

Ascomycota↗

Development and mapping of SSR markers for maize.

Microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers have wide applicability for genetic analysis in crop plant improvement strategies. The objectives of this project were to isolate, characterize, and map a comprehensive set of SSR markers for maize (Zea mays L.). We developed 1051 novel SSR markers for maize from microsatellite-enriched libraries and by identification of microsatellite-containing sequences in public and private databases. Three mapping populations were used to derive map positions for 978 of these markers. The main mapping population was the intermated B73 x Mo17 (IBM) population. In mapping this intermated recombinant inbred line population, we have contributed to development of a new high-resolution map resource for maize. The primer sequences, original sequence sources, data on polymorphisms across 11 inbred lines, and map positions have been integrated with information on other public SSR markers and released through MaizeDB at URL:www.agron.missouri.edu. The maize research community now has the most detailed and comprehensive SSR marker set of any plant species.

Chromosome Mapping↗

Isolation, characterization and mapping of simple sequence repeat markers in zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.).

The genus Zoysia consists of 16 species that are naturally distributed on sea coasts and grasslands around the Pacific. Of these, Zoysia japonica, Zoysia matrella, and Zoysia tenuifolia are grown extensively as turfgrasses, and Z. japonica is also used as forage grass in Japan and other countries in East Asia. To develop simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.), we used four SSR-enriched genomic libraries to isolate 1,163 unique SSR clones. All four libraries contained a high percentage of perfect clones, ranging from 67.1 to 96.0%, and compound clones occurred with higher frequencies in libraries A (28.6%) and D (11.6%). From these clones, we developed 1,044 SSR markers when we tested all 1,163 SSR primer pairs. Using all 1,044 SSR markers, we tested one screening panel consisting of eight Zoysia clones for testing PCR amplifications, from which five unrelated clones, among the eight, were used for polymorphism assessment, and found that the polymorphic information content ranged from 0 (monomorphic loci) to 0.88. Of the 1,044 SSR markers, 170 were segregated in our mapping population and we mapped 161 on existing amplified fragment length polymorphism-based linkage groups, using this mapping population. These SSR markers will provide an ideal marker system to assist with gene targeting, quantitative trait locus mapping, variety or species identification, and marker-assisted selection in Zoysia species.

Chromosome Mapping↗

A constrained empirical Bayes estimator for incidence rates in areas with small populations.

Maps that show the geographic distribution of incidence rates can be useful tools for analysing spatial variation in mortality and morbidity. To attain the necessary geographic resolution, however, production of such maps often requires estimation of incidence in areas with small populations where the observed rates may be highly unstable. Manton et al. have presented an empirical Bayes stabilization procedure in which the observed rate is combined with an area-specific estimate of the underlying incidence. The approach allows for the mapping of outcomes with varied and possibly unknown etiologies without necessitating covariate dependent modelling of the expected rate. The empirical distribution of a collection of these estimates, however, may not provide an adequate description of the dispersion among the true rates. As a result, decisions based on the histogram of the empirical Bayes estimates may be suspect. We propose a modified version of the approach in which the mean and sample variance of the ensemble of estimates are constrained to equal the appropriate moments of the posterior distribution. The resulting collection of constrained empirical Bayes estimators has nearly the stability of the unconstrained approach and provides an improved estimator of the true rate distribution. We illustrate use of the estimator by producing stabilized county-level maps of U.S. fire- and burn-related mortality rates and validate the analytic results using a simulation analysis.

Adolescent↗