Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic Studies
Recently-developed molecular markers are becoming powerful tools, with applications in crop genetics and improvement. Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are widely used in genetic fingerprinting, kinship analysis, and population genetics, because of the advantages of high variabilit...
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| author | Ali Ahmad Jin-Da Wang Yong-Bao Pan Rahat Sharif San-Ji Gao |
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| description | Recently-developed molecular markers are becoming powerful tools, with applications in crop genetics and improvement. Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are widely used in genetic fingerprinting, kinship analysis, and population genetics, because of the advantages of high variability from co-dominant and multi-allelic polymorphisms, and accurate and rapid detection. However, more recent evidence suggests they may play an important role in genome evolution and provide hotspots of recombination. This review describes the development of SSR markers through different techniques, and the detection of SSR markers and applications for sugarcane genetic research and breeding, such as cultivar identification, genetic diversity, genome mapping, quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis, paternity analysis, cross-species transferability, segregation analysis, phylogenetic relationships, and identification of wild cross hybrids. We also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of SSR markers and highlight some future perspectives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fa75666c91f43aab68358a0c9c23ab22022-12-21T21:31:11ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952018-11-0181126010.3390/agronomy8110260agronomy8110260Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic StudiesAli Ahmad0Jin-Da Wang1Yong-Bao Pan2Rahat Sharif3San-Ji Gao4National Engineering Research Center for Sugarcane, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Sugarcane, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, ChinaUSDA-ARS, Sugarcane Research Unit, Houma, LA 70360, USACollege of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Sugarcane, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, ChinaRecently-developed molecular markers are becoming powerful tools, with applications in crop genetics and improvement. Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are widely used in genetic fingerprinting, kinship analysis, and population genetics, because of the advantages of high variability from co-dominant and multi-allelic polymorphisms, and accurate and rapid detection. However, more recent evidence suggests they may play an important role in genome evolution and provide hotspots of recombination. This review describes the development of SSR markers through different techniques, and the detection of SSR markers and applications for sugarcane genetic research and breeding, such as cultivar identification, genetic diversity, genome mapping, quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis, paternity analysis, cross-species transferability, segregation analysis, phylogenetic relationships, and identification of wild cross hybrids. We also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of SSR markers and highlight some future perspectives.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/11/260simple sequence repeats (SSRs)molecular markersugarcane genetic researchsugarcane breeding |
| spellingShingle | Ali Ahmad Jin-Da Wang Yong-Bao Pan Rahat Sharif San-Ji Gao Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic Studies Agronomy simple sequence repeats (SSRs) molecular marker sugarcane genetic research sugarcane breeding |
| title | Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic Studies |
| title_full | Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic Studies |
| title_fullStr | Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic Studies |
| title_short | Development and Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) Markers for Sugarcane Breeding and Genetic Studies |
| title_sort | development and use of simple sequence repeats ssrs markers for sugarcane breeding and genetic studies |
| topic | simple sequence repeats (SSRs) molecular marker sugarcane genetic research sugarcane breeding |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/11/260 |
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