title: Microsatellite and AFLP markers in the Prunus persica [L. (Batsch)]xP. ferganensis BC(1)linkage map: saturation and coverage improvement.
abstract: A set of 146 single sequence repeats (SSRs) and 14 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) primer combinations were used to enrich a previously developed linkage map obtained from a (Prunus persicaxP. ferganensis)xP. persica BC(1) progeny. Forty-one SSR primer pairs gave polymorphic patterns detecting 42 loci. The restriction/selective primer AFLP combinations produced a total of 79 segregating fragments. The resulting map is composed of 216 loci covering 665 cM with an average distance of 3.1 cM. Novel regions were covered by the newly mapped loci for a total of 159 cM. Eight linkage groups were assembled instead of the earlier 10 as two small groups (G1a and G8b), previously independent, were joined to their respective major groups (G1b and G8a). Several gaps were also reduced resulting in an improved saturation of the map. Twelve gaps >or=10 cm are still present. A comparative analysis against the Prunus reference map (71 anchor loci) pointed out an almost complete synteny and colinearity. Six loci were not syntenic and only two were not colinear. Genetic distances were significantly longer in our map than in the reference one.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura (CRA), Via di Fioranello 52, Ciampino Aeroporto, 00040 Rome, Italy. ignazio.verde@entecra.it
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authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Verde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lauria
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dettori
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vendramin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balconi
authors.forename: S
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authors.lastname: Micali
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Marrazzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hartings
authors.forename: R
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authors.lastname: Testolin
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quarta
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D017931:DNA Primers; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D027861:Prunus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers