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Yi Ren1, Zhonghua Zhang, Jinhua Liu, Jack E Staub, Yonghua Han, Zhouchao Cheng, Xuefeng Li, Jingyuan Lu, Han Miao, Houxiang Kang, Bingyan Xie, Xingfang Gu, Xiaowu Wang, Yongchen Du, Weiwei Jin, Sanwen Huang.
Abstract
The Cucurbitaceae includes important crops such as cucumber, melon, watermelon, squash and pumpkin. However, few genetic and genomic resources are available for plant improvement. Some cucurbit species such as cucumber have a narrow genetic base, which impedes construction of saturated molecular linkage maps. We report herein the development of highly polymorphic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers originated from whole genome shotgun sequencing and the subsequent construction of a high-density genetic linkage map. This map includes 995 SSRs in seven linkage groups which spans in total 573 cM, and defines approximately 680 recombination breakpoints with an average of 0.58 cM between two markers. These linkage groups were then assigned to seven corresponding chromosomes using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). FISH assays also revealed a chromosomal inversion between Cucumis subspecies [C. sativus var. sativus L. and var. hardwickii (R.) Alef], which resulted in marker clustering on the genetic map. A quarter of the mapped markers showed relatively high polymorphism levels among 11 inbred lines of cucumber. Among the 995 markers, 49%, 26% and 22% were conserved in melon, watermelon and pumpkin, respectively. This map will facilitate whole genome sequencing, positional cloning, and molecular breeding in cucumber, and enable the integration of knowledge of gene and trait in cucurbits.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19495411 PMCID: PMC2685989 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005795
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Figure 1Flow chart of development of cucumber SSR markers.
Summary of the cucumber genetic map with RIL mapping population from the inter-subspecific cross between Gy14 and PI 183967.
| Chr. | No. Markers | cM | Density (cM/marker) | Recombination events | Filled bins | Pachytene chr. size | Euchromatic chr. size |
| 1 | 118 | 96.2 | 0.82 | 118 | 47 | 107 | 91 |
| 2 | 126 | 100.2 | 0.80 | 113 | 54 | 103 | 81 |
| 3 | 187 | 112.7 | 0.60 | 143 | 70 | 129 | 121 |
| 4 | 114 | 37.3 | 0.33 | 41 | 16 | 102 | 88 |
| 5 | 160 | 59.9 | 0.37 | 70 | 29 | 95 | 85 |
| 6 | 203 | 106.5 | 0.52 | 125 | 68 | 110 | 103 |
| 7 | 87 | 60.1 | 0.69 | 68 | 27 | 73 | 64 |
| Total | 995 | 572.9 | 0.58 | 678 | 311 | 719 | 633 |
Pachytene chromosome length was based on [9].
Euchromatic chromosome length was deduced from Koo et al (2005).
Figure 2Cucumber linkage map developed from the present study.
The Bin names and genetic distances in cM are respectively listed on the left and right of the chromosomes. The number of SSR markers in each filled Bin is indicated in the boxes. White boxes indicated a recombination event with no markers. The short and long arms are indicated with S and L, respectively SDR = segregation distortion region.
Figure 3Integration of the seven linkage groups of cucumber with individual chromosomes.
(A1) Distribution of Type I/II (green) and Type III (red) repeats on cucumber chromosomes. (A2) DAPI staining was converted to black and white images. (A3) Localization of chromosome-specific fosmid clones on both arms of individual chromosomes, genetic location of arm-specific fosmid clones are indicated in Figure 2. (B) Localization of fosmids 4S (red) and 4L (green) together with Type III (red) and 45S rDNA (green) repeats on the mitotic chromosomes. Bar = 2.5 µm.
Figure 4An inversion detected by FISH on cucumber chromosome 5 between GY 14 and PI183967.
(A) Locations of the fosmid 12-7 (SSR20648, red) and 12-2 (SSR13340, green) on chromosome 5 of GY14. Red signals are located closer to the telomere than green signals. (B) Locations of the fosmid clones on chromosome 5 of PI 183967. Note that green signals are closer to the telomere. Bars = 3 µm.
Figure 5Distribution of PIC values for 642 SSR markers in cucumber.
PIC values were calculated from PCR among 11 cucumber inbred lines.
Cross-species transferability of 995 cucumber genomic SSR markers in melon, watermelon and pumpkin.
| Melon | Watermelon | Pumpkin | |
| Amplified loci | 487 (48.9%) | 258 (25.9%) | 221 (22.2%) |
| Polymorphic loci | 193 (19.4%) | 120 (12.1%) | 121 (12.2%) |
| Polymorphism (%) | 39.6 | 46.5 | 54.8 |
The percentages of amplified and polymorphic loci were calculated based on 995 SSR markers.