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Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with self-compatibility in a Prunus species

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Self-compatibility in Rosaceous fruit species is based on a single-locus qualitative trait. However, the evidence observed in different species has indicated the presence of modifier genes outside the S locus affecting the expression of self-compatibility/self-incompatibility. The study of a progeny obtained from the cross of the almond genotypes ‘Vivot’× ‘Blanquerna’ has allowed the construction of a genetic map based on microsatellite markers and the identification for the first time in the Rosaceae family of two additional loci located outside the S locus and affecting the expression of self-compatibility/self-incompatibility. A quantitative trait locus (QTL) was located relatively close to the S locus, on linkage group 6 (G6), whereas the second one was located on G8. These QTLs appear to be involved in conferring self-compatibility to genotypes not possessing the S f allele. These results are consistent with almond being a self-incompatible species with a genetic background of pseudo-self-compatibility controlled by modifier genes. The effect of the S f allele and the two QTLs may contribute to explain the wide range of fruit sets observed when self-pollinating different almond genotypes.

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This research was funded by the grants CICYT AGL2007-65853-C02-02 and the Research Group A12 of Aragón. À. Fernández i Martí acknowledges a scholarship co-funded by the Spanish ‘Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia’ and the European Social Fund (FSE), under projects AGL 2004-06674-C02-01 and BES-2006-12621. The IRTA group is member of the Consolider-Imagenio 2010 project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

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  1. Unidad de Fruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Av. Montañana 930, 50059, Zaragoza, Spain

    Àngel Fernández i Martí, José Manuel Alonso Segura & Rafel Socias i Company

  2. IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica CSIC-IRTA-UAB, Ctra. Cabrils Km 2, 08348, Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Laboratory of Pomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

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Fernández i Martí, À., Howad, W., Tao, R. et al. Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with self-compatibility in a Prunus species. Tree Genetics & Genomes 7, 629–639 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-010-0362-2

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