title: Molecular markers for sex determination in papaya ( Carica papaya L.).
abstract: We have developed molecular markers tightly linked to Sex1, the gene that determines plant sex in papaya ( Carica papaya L.). Three RAPD products have been cloned and a portion of their DNA sequenced. Based on these sequences SCAR primers were synthesized. SCAR T12 and SCAR W11 produce products in hermaphrodite and male plants and only rarely in females. SCAR T1 produces a product in all papayas regardless of plant sex. SCAR T12 and SCAR W11 showed no recombination in a population of 182 F2 plants from a 'SunUp' by 'Kapoho' cross. Based on these results a PCR-based technique for rapidly and accurately determining the sex of papaya plants was developed using either W11 or T12 to detect the hermaphrodite or male allele and T1, which amplifies a product regardless of sex type, as a positive control. The sexing technique, using SCAR T12 and SCAR T1 as a positive control, was used to correctly predict hermaphrodite papaya plants in a population of seedlings with an overall accuracy of 99.2%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Deputy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fitch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manshardt
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Stiles
mesh_terms: D029441:Carica / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D019849:Sex Determination Processes
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers