Genetic analysis of quantitative trait loci for cocoon and silk production quantity in Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)
2013
Li, B., Jiangsu Univ. of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang (China). Sericultural Research Inst. | Wang, X., Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai (China). Inst. of Plant Physiology and Ecology | Hou, C., Jiangsu Univ. of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang (China). Sericultural Research Inst. | Xu, A., Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang (China). Sericultural Research Inst. | Li, M., Jiangsu Univ. of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang (China). Sericultural Research Inst.
Silk production quantity is the most economically important characteristic of the domesticated silkworm moth, Bombyx mori. It is controlled by multiple loci. The cocoon and silk production quantity of silkworm strains Jingsong and Lan10 have significantly diverged. A backcross population (BC1) was bred using Jingsong and Lan10 as parents to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for silk quality. In this research, a genetic linkage map of the silkworm was constructed using the BC1 mapping population. The map contained 85 sequence-tagged site markers, 80 simple sequence repeat markers, and 16 single nucleotide polymorphisms. A linkage map was constructed from the data which consisted of 181 markers distributed over 28 expected linkage groups and spans 2147.1 cM in total length. Fourteen QTLs were detected for cocoon filament length, whole cocoon weight, pupae weight, filament weight, and cocoon shell weight. The 14 QTLs were distributed in 5 linkage groups (linkage groups 1, 14, 18, 23 and 25) based on the constructed linkage map. In addition, five QTLs, which had the highest logarithm (base 10) of odds (LOD) values, were located on the first chromosome, three of which located at the same region in linkage group 1. These results represent an important foundation for the map-based cloning of QTLs and marker-assisted selection for improving the silk quality of economically important silkworm strains.
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