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Singh J, Sharma A, Sharma V, Gaikwad PN, Sidhu GS, Kaur G, Kaur N, Jindal T, Chhuneja P, Rattanpal HS. Comprehensive genome-wide identification and transferability of chromosome-specific highly variable microsatellite markers from citrus species. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10919. [PMID: 37407627 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37024-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Citrus species among the most important and widely consumed fruit in the world due to Vitamin C, essential oil glands, and flavonoids. Highly variable simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers are one of the most informative and versatile molecular markers used in perennial tree genetic research. SSR survey of Citrus sinensis and Citrus maxima were identified perfect SSRs spanning nine chromosomes. Furthermore, we categorized all SSR motifs into three major classes based on their tract lengths. We designed and validated a class I SSRs in the C. sinensis and C. maxima genome through electronic polymerase chain reaction (ePCR) and found 83.89% in C. sinensis and 78.52% in C. maxima SSRs producing a single amplicon. Then, we selected extremely variable SSRs (> 40 nt) from the ePCR-verified class I SSRs and in silico validated across seven draft genomes of citrus, which provided us a subset of 84.74% in C. sinensis and 77.53% in C. maxima highly polymorphic SSRs. Out of these, 129 primers were validated on 24 citrus genotypes through wet-lab experiment. We found 127 (98.45%) polymorphic HvSSRs on 24 genotypes. The utility of the developed HvSSRs was demonstrated by analysing genetic diversity of 181 citrus genotypes using 17 HvSSRs spanning nine citrus chromosomes and were divided into 11 main groups through 17 HvSSRs. These chromosome-specific SSRs will serve as a powerful genomic tool used for future QTL mapping, molecular breeding, investigation of population genetic diversity, comparative mapping, and evolutionary studies among citrus and other relative genera/species.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jagveer Singh
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
- Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture & Forestry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agricultural & Technology, Kumarganj, 224229, India
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Sector-81, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 140308, India
- Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan, 173229, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India.
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
| | - Taveena Jindal
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
| | - Parveen Chhuneja
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
| | - H S Rattanpal
- Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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