Molecular characterization of indigenous olive genotypes based on SSR analysis

Trees of 25 widely grown olive genotypes were analyzed using a set of 10 SSR (simple sequence repeat) primer pairs and to evaluate genetic diversity and reveal inter-cultivar relationships. Two well-known international olive cultivars (Chetoni and Manzanilla) and four widely grown Turkish standard cultivars (Aycalik, Edincik Su, Gemlik, Kilis Yaglik) are also included in the study to compare Kilis genotypes. The 10 polymorphic SSR loci exhibited 4 (UDO4) to 17 alleles (UDO43), with expected heterozygozity (He) ranging from 0.510 to 0.887 and a mean of 0.692 presenting high polymorphism. In this study we did not determine identical genotypes and Polateli4 and Kilis Ya?l?k (0.75), Polateli3 and Polateli7 (0.75) and Polateli6 and Manzanilla (0.70) revealed the highest similarity ratio each other. The most genetically divergent cultivars were Elbeyli8 and Musabeyli5 (0.10); Elbeyli3 and Musabeyli7 (0.15) and Musabeyli6 and Elbeyli7 (0.15), respectively.

Genetic diversity of Czech apple cultivars inferred from microsatellite markers analysis

Genetic diversity and genetic relationships of Czech apple cultivars were evaluated. Trees of 33 Czech apple cultivars and 97 reference foreign cultivars were analysed using the set of 10 SSR (simple sequence repeat) primer pairs. The total of 89 polymorphic alleles were amplified, while the number of alleles per locus ranged from 4 to 14. The SSR dendrogram, based on the Jaccard’s similarity coefficient, divided apple cultivars into three major groups: Cox’s Orange Pippin, McIntosh and Golden Delicious ancestries. The clustering highly depended on pedigree and origin of apple cultivars. Spontaneous mutated cultivars were identical with their progenitors. We proved that microsatellite markers were useful for evaluation of genetic resources, collection management and cultivar identification.  

New Source of Genetic Polymorphisms in Lepidoptera?

The variability level of the ISSR (inter-simple sequences repeat) primer (GACA)4 was examined in the three Lepidoptera families Pyralidae, Sphingidae and Pieridae. Our study shows that the tetra-repeat (GACA)n is evidently present in sufficient numbers in these butterflies to provide informative DNA fingerprints. The variability is mostly rather high, but within a comparable range to other ISSR studies. Although less polymorphisms may be encountered in some butterfly families, this study indicates that high variability of this marker may be a common characteristic of Lepidoptera genomes. An appeal for a minimal level of standardization of ISSR-PCR data analysis is formulated to enable an exact comparison between the groups of organisms studied with this fingerprint technique.