Manipulation of plant architectural traits such as the number of tillers can effectively increase grain yield in cereals. Within the frame of the TriticeaeGenome project (www.triticeaegenome.eu), the objective of our group was the fine mapping and positional cloning of uniculme4 (cul4), a gene required for tillering in barley. Based on initial medium resolution mapping of the locus, a segregating population including 4900 F3 plants was developed and genotyped with three tightly linked SNP markers (Tavakol et al., abstract P321, PAG XIX). The locus was further resolved through mapping of 8 synteny-derived markers allowing the identification of a candidate gene that co-segregates with the cul4 phenotype. The two genes that flank the candidate gene in Brachypodium and rice were positioned 0.11 cM and 0.12 cM from cul4, respectively: development of new markers is underway using sequence information from two BACs anchored to the physical map and spanning this region. The intron-exon structure of the candidate gene was determined from a cDNA isolated from wild-type plants. Resequencing of independent cul4 stocks identified three distinct mutations within the candidate gene, including a deletion of the 5’ region. Comparison of expression levels and patterns in mutant and wild-type plants is underway.
Positional cloning of the barley tillering gene uniculme4 / E. Tavakol, G. Verderio, A. Hussien, T. Fusca, S. Ciannamea, T. Close, A. Druka, R. Waugh, M. Mihaela, K. Mayer, R. Ariyadasa, D. Schulte, R. Zhou, N. Stein, G. Muehlbauer, L. Rossini. ((Intervento presentato al 20. convegno Plant & animal genome tenutosi a San Diego nel 2012.
Positional cloning of the barley tillering gene uniculme4
E. TavakolPrimo
;G. VerderioSecondo
;L. RossiniUltimo
2012
Abstract
Manipulation of plant architectural traits such as the number of tillers can effectively increase grain yield in cereals. Within the frame of the TriticeaeGenome project (www.triticeaegenome.eu), the objective of our group was the fine mapping and positional cloning of uniculme4 (cul4), a gene required for tillering in barley. Based on initial medium resolution mapping of the locus, a segregating population including 4900 F3 plants was developed and genotyped with three tightly linked SNP markers (Tavakol et al., abstract P321, PAG XIX). The locus was further resolved through mapping of 8 synteny-derived markers allowing the identification of a candidate gene that co-segregates with the cul4 phenotype. The two genes that flank the candidate gene in Brachypodium and rice were positioned 0.11 cM and 0.12 cM from cul4, respectively: development of new markers is underway using sequence information from two BACs anchored to the physical map and spanning this region. The intron-exon structure of the candidate gene was determined from a cDNA isolated from wild-type plants. Resequencing of independent cul4 stocks identified three distinct mutations within the candidate gene, including a deletion of the 5’ region. Comparison of expression levels and patterns in mutant and wild-type plants is underway.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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