Genetic Map Construction and Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Detection of Six Economic Traits Using an F2 Population of the Hybrid from Saccharina longissima and Saccharina japonica

PLoS One. 2015 May 26;10(5):e0128588. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128588. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Saccharina (Laminaria) is one of the most important economic seaweeds. Previously, four genetic linkage maps of Saccharina have been constructed and five QTLs have been identified. However, they were not enough for its breeding. In this work, Saccharina longissima (♀) and Saccharina japonica (♂), which showed obvious differences in morphology and genetics, were applied in hybridization to yield the F2 mapping population with 102 individuals. Using these 102 F2 hybrids, the genetic linkage map of Saccharina was constructed by MapMaker software based on 37 amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), 22 sequence-related amplified polymorphisms (SRAPs) and 139 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) markers. Meanwhile, QTL analysis was performed for six economic traits. The linkage map constructed in this research consisted of 422 marker loci (137 AFLPs, 57 SRAPs and 228 SSRs), which formed 45 linkage groups (LGs) with an average marker space of 7.92 cM; they spanned a total length of 2233.1 cM, covering the whole estimated genome size. A total of 29 QTLs were identified for six economic traits, which explained 1.06 to 64.00% of phenotypic variation, including three QTLs for frond length (FL) and raw weight (RW), five QTLs for frond width (FW), two QTLs for frond fascia width (FFW) and frond thickness (FT), and fourteen QTLs for base shape (BS). The results of this research will improve the breeding efficiency and be beneficial for marker-assisted selection (MAS) schemes in Saccharina breeding.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chimera / genetics
  • Chromosome Mapping / methods*
  • Genetic Markers / genetics
  • Genome
  • Laminaria / genetics*
  • Laminaria / physiology
  • Phenotype
  • Quantitative Trait Loci*

Substances

  • Genetic Markers

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National High Technology Joint Research Program of China (2012AA10A406), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31402300) and Special Fund of Fundamental Scientific Research Business Expense for Higher School of Central Government (201262003). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.