title: Development of sequence characterized DNA markers linked to a dominant verticillium wilt resistance gene in tomato.
abstract: Sequences were determined for codominant RAPD markers closely linked to the Ve locus, a dominant verticillium wilt resistance gene in tomato. Analysis of the sequences linked to Ve and ve revealed a perfectly homologous sequence with a central polymorphic region comprising 79 nucleotide substitutions, insertions, and deletions. Codominant and allele-specific SCARs were developed using conserved and polymorphic sequences linked to the Ve locus. High resolution linkage analysis using F2 progeny segregating for resistance and marker-assisted selection indicated that linkage between the genetic markers and the Ve locus is less than 0.67 +/- 0.49 cM. Sequences were useful in determining the molecular structure of a polymorphic genomic region closely linked to the Ve locus and in developing genetic markers that facilitated marker-assisted selection of the resistant, susceptible, heterozygous, and homozygous genotypes.
authors.affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kawchuk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hachey
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers