Development of SSR, M-AFLP and SNP markers for linkage map integration of Passiflora alata Curtis

Author(s)

Guilherme da Silva Pereira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Piracicaba.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC)
• Defense date: 2011-01-31

Examining board members

Maria Lucia Carneiro Vieira; Luiz Ricardo Hanai; Anete Pereira de Souza

• Advisor: Maria Lucia Carneiro Vieira

Abstract

Although there is no a commercial variety of sweet passion fruit (Passiflora alata Curtis) the crop has gained importance in the Brazilian market. This justifies the use of conventional and molecular techniques for breeding the crop. In species where self-incompatibility occurs and crossing between plants is necessarily required, as in passion fruits, conventional mapping populations are not possible to be produced. Therefore, the two-way pseudo-testcross approach is used for the generation of genetic maps, employing an F1 segregating population and dominant markers, resulting in individual maps, one for each parent. The drawback of this strategy has been overcome by the use of codominant markers and more robust statistics. Markers based on SSRs (or microsatellites) and SNPs are useful for integrating the maps, because of their codominant inheritance and abundance in plant genomes. This study aimed to generate an integrated map of P. alata using new SSR, M-AFLP and SNP markers. The SSR loci were developed from an enriched genomic library previously constructed. Among the motifs, the most frequent were perfect di-nucleotides, (AC)n and (AG)n rich. In this study, 175 SSR primers were designed and evaluated along with 111 previously obtained. A polymorphism rate of 31.9% was observed between the parents. Using these primer sets, it was possible to recover single-stranded conformation polymorphisms (SSR-SSCP) at 23 loci. The genotyping of the segregating population using the 26 SSRs resulted in 40 loci; adding a SSR-SSCP, the result was six informative loci showing segregation rations of 1:1:1:1 and 1:2:1. M-AFLPs showed 34.0% of polymorphism, providing six informative loci to the map. The alignment of parental AFLP and putative gene sequences revealed one SNP per 110 bp on average. It was possible to genotype one gene-derived SNP, and primer sets for other loci are proposed. Individual maps of both parents were obtained with 175 and 229 markers segregating in 1:1 ratio, respectively, while in the integrated map were included 12, 7 and 40 markers segregating in 1:1:1:1, 1:2:1 and 3:1 rations, respectively. It was possible to establish the correspondence for most of the individual linkage groups and the integrated groups. Microsatellite-based markers showed a wide genome distribution, with eventual cluster formation. Although preliminary, this map may be useful for mapping agronomic traits and in comparison studies with the integrated map of P. edulis f. flavicarpa. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/06860-6 - Development of SSR, M-AFLP and SNP markers for the construction of an integrated genetic molecular map of Passiflora alata Curtis
• Grantee: Guilherme da Silva Pereira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master