Comparative study of the discriminating capacity and effectiveness of AFLP, STMS and EST markers in assessing genetic relationships among evergreen azaleas

V. Scariot, E. De Keyser, T. Handa, J. De Riek

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    Abstract

    The application of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), sequence tagged microsatellite site (STMS) and expressed sequence tag (EST) markers to study the genetic relationships in an evergreen azalea gene pool was investigated. STMS and EST markers revealed a higher genetic distance detection capacity than AFLPs, which, nevertheless, were the most efficient marker system due to their highest polymorphism detection capacity. Similarity matrices showed weak, yet significant, correlations when Mantel's test was applied. To assess the usefulness of the overall information provided by these marker data for establishing phylogenetic relationships and horticultural classification, cluster analysis was performed. The joint AFLP, STMS and EST data were demonstrated to be remarkably effective for group discrimination and phylogenetic studies. The use of these polymerase chain reaction marker systems is discussed in terms of the choice of appropriate marker techniques for different aspects of evergreen azalea germplasm evaluation
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPlant Breeding
    Volume126
    Issue number2
    Pages (from-to)207-212
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0179-9541
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Keywords

    • AFLP
    • AGRICULTURE
    • amplified fragment length polymorphism
    • azalea
    • BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • Breeding
    • CAPACITY
    • CHAIN
    • CHOICE
    • CLASSIFICATION
    • cluster
    • cluster analysis
    • CLUSTER-ANALYSIS
    • Detection
    • DISCRIMINATING CAPACITY
    • DISCRIMINATION
    • ERICACEAE
    • EST marker
    • Evaluation
    • EVERGREEN AZALEA
    • EVERGREEN AZALEAS
    • Expressed sequence tag
    • expressed sequence tags
    • FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM
    • FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISM
    • GENE
    • Genetic relationship
    • GENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS
    • Information
    • LENGTH
    • Length polymorphism
    • MANAGEMENT
    • marker comparisons
    • MARKERS
    • MICROBIOLOGY
    • microsatellite
    • MICROSATELLITES
    • PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS
    • phylogeny
    • PLANT
    • POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION
    • POLYMORPHISM
    • REGRESSION
    • Rhododendron spp.
    • SCIENCE
    • SEQUENCE
    • sequence tagged sites
    • similarity
    • SSRS
    • SYSTEM
    • SYSTEMS
    • Tsutsusi

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