A high density physical map of chromosome 1BL supports evolutionary studies, map-based cloning and sequencing in wheat
2013
Philippe, Romain | Paux, Etienne | Bertin, Isabelle | Sourdille, Pierre | Choulet, Frédéric | Laugier, Christel | Šimková, Hana | Šafář, Jan | Bellec, Arnaud | Vautrin, Sonia | Frenkel, Zeev | Cattonaro, Federica | Magni, Federica | Scalabrin, Simone | Martis, Mihaela | Mayer, Klaus Fx | Korol, Abraham | Bergès, Hélène | Doležel, Jaroslav | Feuillet, Catherine | Génétique Diversité et Ecophysiologie des Céréales (GDEC) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP) | Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IEB / CAS) ; Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS) | Centre National de Ressources Génomiques Végétales (CNRGV) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Ǧāmiʿat͏̈ Hayfā = University of Haifa | Institute of Applied Genomics [Udine] (IGA) ; Institute of Applied Genomics | Helmholtz Munich, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) | International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium | European Project: 212019,EC:FP7:KBBE,FP7-KBBE-2007-1,TRITICEAEGENOME(2008)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Background: As for other major crops, achieving a complete wheat genome sequence is essential for the application of genomics to breeding new and improved varieties. To overcome the complexities of the large, highly repetitive and hexaploid wheat genome, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium established a chromosome-based strategy that was validated by the construction of the physical map of chromosome 3B. Here, we present improved strategies for the construction of highly integrated and ordered wheat physical maps, using chromosome 1BL as a template, and illustrate their potential for evolutionary studies and map-based cloning.Results: Using a combination of novel high throughput marker assays and an assembly program, we developed a high quality physical map representing 93% of wheat chromosome 1BL, anchored and ordered with 5,489 markers including 1,161 genes. Analysis of the gene space organization and evolution revealed that gene distribution and conservation along the chromosome results from the superimposition of the ancestral grass and recent wheat evolutionary patterns, leading to a peak of synteny in the central part of the chromosome arm and an increased density of non-collinear genes towards the telomere. With a density of about 11 markers per Mb, the 1BL physical map provides 916 markers, including 193 genes, for fine mapping the 40 QTLs mapped on this chromosome.Conclusions: Here, we demonstrate that high marker density physical maps can be developed in complex genomes such as wheat to accelerate map-based cloning, gain new insights into genome evolution, and provide a foundation for reference sequencing.
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