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      Molecular markers to study the variability within the Eragrostis curvula complex Translated title: Marcadores moleculares para el estudio de la variabilidad dentro del complejo Eragrostis curvula

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          Weeping lovegrass is well adapted for forage production and useful for soil conservation in semiarid regions, constituting a morphologically diverse group. Diploid genotypes are unfrequent and reproduce sexually, whereas the tetraploids and plants of higher ploidy levels reproduce by apomixis. In the present work RAPD, AFLP and EST-SSR were used in order to assess the reproductive mode through progeny tests, to determine intracultivar homogeneity or seed purity, to establish genetic relationships among the cultivars within the complex and to characterize the new materials obtained by our group. Eight commercial cultivars and three new plant materials were analyzed. Uniform and variable patterns were observed in progenies of apomictic and sexual plants, respectively. Seed purity was evaluated in seed bulks, observing a certain degree of contamination with seeds from different sources. AFLP were the markers with the highest potential for cultivar identification. The clustering using SSR and AFLP was consistent with previous studies using isozymes and morphological traits. The new tetraploid materials developed by our own group should be included within the curvula type. We also proposed the creation of a new morphological type for the diploid, because it posses morphological characteristics of robusta and molecular profiles of the conferta type.

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          El pasto llorón es una especie forrajera que se destaca por su extraordinaria rusticidad, su capacidad para prosperar en suelos pobres en fertilidad y su aptitud para consolidar suelos erosionables. Se trata de un grupo botánico muy polimórfico. Los genotipos diploides son poco frecuentes y de reproducción sexual, mientras que los individuos tetraploides o de mayor ploidía se reproducen por apomixis. En el presente trabajo se utilizaron marcadores moleculares (RAPD, AFLP y EST-SSR) para analizar el modo reproductivo a través de pruebas de progenie, para determinar la homogeneidad intracultivar o pureza de semillas, para establecer relaciones genéticas entre genotipos dentro del complejo y para caracterizar nuevos materiales obtenidos por nuestro grupo. Ocho cultivares comerciales y tres nuevos materiales fueron estudiados. Patrones de amplificación uniformes y variables fueron obtenidos en progenies de plantas sexuales y apomícticas, respectivamente. La pureza de semillas fue evaluada sobre lotes de semillas comerciales, observándose contaminación en algunos lotes. Los AFLP fueron los marcadores con mayor potencial para la identificación de cultivares y los dendrogramas obtenidos usando SSR y AFLP fueron consistentes con estudios previos realizados con isoenzimas y caracteres morfológicos. El nuevo material vegetal tetraploide desarrollado por nuestro grupo de trabajo podría ser incluido dentro del tipo curvula. También se propone la creación de un nuevo tipo morfológico para el diploide, porque posee características morfológicas de tipo robusta y moleculares de tipo conferta.

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          A software tool was developed for the identification of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in a barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) EST (expressed sequence tag) database comprising 24,595 sequences. In total, 1,856 SSR-containing sequences were identified. Trimeric SSR repeat motifs appeared to be the most abundant type. A subset of 311 primer pairs flanking SSR loci have been used for screening polymorphisms among six barley cultivars, being parents of three mapping populations. As a result, 76 EST-derived SSR-markers were integrated into a barley genetic consensus map. A correlation between polymorphism and the number of repeats was observed for SSRs built of dimeric up to tetrameric units. 3'-ESTs yielded a higher portion of polymorphic SSRs (64%) than 5'-ESTs did. The estimated PIC (polymorphic information content) value was 0.45 +/- 0.03. Approximately 80% of the SSR-markers amplified DNA fragments in Hordeum bulbosum, followed by rye, wheat (both about 60%) and rice (40%). A subset of 38 EST-derived SSR-markers comprising 114 alleles were used to investigate genetic diversity among 54 barley cultivars. In accordance with a previous, RFLP-based, study, spring and winter cultivars, as well as two- and six-rowed barleys, formed separate clades upon PCoA analysis. The results show that: (1) with the software tool developed, EST databases can be efficiently exploited for the development of cDNA-SSRs, (2) EST-derived SSRs are significantly less polymorphic than those derived from genomic regions, (3) a considerable portion of the developed SSRs can be transferred to related species, and (4) compared to RFLP-markers, cDNA-SSRs yield similar patterns of genetic diversity.
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              The number of angiosperm species for which nuclear DNA amount estimates have been made has nearly trebled since the last collected lists of such values were published, and therefore, publication of a more comprehensive list is over due. This paper lists absolute nuclear DNA amounts for 753 angiosperm species. The dats were assembled primarily for reference purposes, and so the species are listed in alphabetical order, as this was felt to be more helpful to cyto- and biochemists whom, it is anticipated, will be among its major users. The paper also reviews aspects of the history, nomenclature, methods, accuracy and problems of nuclear DNA estimation in angiosperms. No attempt is made to reconsider those aspects of nuclear DNA estimation which have been fully revised previously, although the bibliography of such aspects is given. Instead, the paper is intended as a source of basic information regarding the terminology, practice and limitations of nuclear DNA estimation, especially by Feulgen microdensitometry, as currently practiced.
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                phyton
                Phyton (Buenos Aires)
                Phyton (B. Aires)
                Fundación Rómulo Raggio (Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina )
                1851-5657
                December 2011
                : 80
                : 2
                : 211-220
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                [01] Bahía Blanca orgnameUniversidad Nacional del Sur orgdiv1Departamento de Agronomía orgdiv2Laboratorio Biotecnología Vegetal Argentina
                [02] orgnameINTA Castelar orgdiv1Instituto de Genética
                [03] orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Buenos Aires orgdiv1Facultad de Agronomía orgdiv2Cátedra de Genética
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                S1851-56572011000200014
                07a1d354-37d4-430b-9bce-0c076bb93339

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 05 August 2011
                : 03 August 2011
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                Seed purity,Cultivar identification,Eragrostis,Marcadores moleculares,Apomixis,Pureza de semillas,Identificación varietal,Molecular markers

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