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A comparative linkage map of oilseed rape and its use for QTL analysis of seed oil and erucic acid content

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We have developed a new DH mapping population for oilseed rape, named TNDH, using genetically and phenotypically diverse parental lines. We used the population in the construction of a high stringency genetic linkage map, consisting of 277 loci, for use in quantitative genetic analysis. A proportion of the markers had been used previously in the construction of linkage maps for Brassica species, thus permitting the alignment of maps. The map includes 68 newly developed Sequence Tagged Site (STS) markers targeted to the homologues of defined genes of A. thaliana. The use of these markers permits the alignment of our linkage map with the A. thaliana genome sequence. An additional 74 loci (31 newly developed STS markers and 43 loci defined by SSR and RFLP markers that had previously been used in published linkage maps) were added to the map. These markers increased the resolution of alignment of the newly constructed linkage map with existing Brassica linkage maps and the A. thaliana genome sequence. We conducted field trials with the TNDH population at two sites, and over 2 years, and identified reproducible QTL for seed oil content and erucic acid content. The results provide new insights into the genetic control of seed oil and erucic acid content in oilseed rape, and demonstrate the utility of the linkage map and population.

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Acknowledgments

The TNDH population is available from the corresponding author. Marker scoring data, and the latest version of the linkage map, are available via the Web site of the senior authors (http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/staff/ian-bancroft/research_page3.htm#linkage and http://croplab.hzau.edu.cn/brassica/). We thank the EU Framework 5 Programme for financial support through INCO-DEV grant ICA4-CT-10067 and the National Grand Fundamental Research Program of Education of China under Grant No. 104171.

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  1. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, 1 Shizishan, 430070, Wuhan, China

    D. Qiu, J. Shi, Y. Long, J. Liu, R. Li & J. Meng

  2. John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK

    C. Morgan, P. Beckett, F. Fraser, M. Trick & I. Bancroft

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics, Building 917, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, 100101, Beijing, China

    X. Zhuang, Y. Wang, X. Tan & J. Li

  4. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14424, Potsdam, Germany

    E. Dietrich, T. Weihmann & R. Schmidt

  5. Biogemma UK, 200 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0GZ, UK

    C. Everett & J. Wilmer

  6. SESVANDERHAVE N.V./S.A. Industriepark, Soldatenplein Z2 nr 15, 3300, Tienen, Belgium

    S. Vanstraelen & S. Barnes

  7. Hybrid Rapeseed Research Centre of Shaanxi, Dali, 715105, China

    D. Li

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Qiu, D., Morgan, C., Shi, J. et al. A comparative linkage map of oilseed rape and its use for QTL analysis of seed oil and erucic acid content. Theor Appl Genet 114, 67–80 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-006-0411-2

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