A PCR-based marker tightly linked to the nematode resistance gene, Mi, in tomato
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Theoretical and Applied Genetics
- Vol. 87 (7), 757-763
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00221126
Abstract
A PCR-based codominant marker has been developed which is tightly linked to Mi, a dominant genetic locus in tomato that confers resistance to several species of root-knot nematode. DNA from tomato lines differing in nematode resistance was screened for random amplified polymorphic DNA markers linked to Mi using decamer primers. Several markers were identified. One amplified product, REX-1, obtained using a pair of decamer primers, was present as a dominant marker in all nematode-resistant tomato lines tested. REX-1 was cloned and the DNA sequences of its ends were determined and used to develop 20-mer primers. PCR amplification with the 20-mer primers produced a single amplified band in both susceptible and resistant tomato lines. The amplified bands from susceptible and resistant lines were distinguishable after cleavage with the restriction enzyme Taq I. The linkage of REX-1 to Mi was verified in an F2 population. This marker is more tightly linked to Mi than is Aps-1, the currently-used isozyme marker, and allows screening of germplasm where the linkage between Mi and Aps-1 has been lost. Homozygous and heterozygous individuals can be distinguished and the procedure can be used for rapid, routine screening. The strategy used to obtain REX-1 is applicable to obtaining tightly-linked markers to other genetic loci. Such markers would allow rapid, concurrent screening for the segregation of several loci of interest.Keywords
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