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TitleDNA Fingerprinting of Closely Related Cultivars of Sweet Cherry
AuthorsWiersma, P. A., Erogul, D., Ali, S.
TypeJournal Article
Journal NameJournal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
Volume143
Issue4
Year2018
Page(s)282-288
CitationWiersma, P. A., Erogul, D., Ali, S. (2018). "DNA Fingerprinting of Closely Related Cultivars of Sweet Cherry." Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 143(4): 282-288.

Abstract

Simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were evaluated in an effort to reliably DNA fingerprint sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivars and advanced selections from the breeding program at the Summerland Research and Development Center (Summerland, BC, Canada). SSR markers were found that differentiated the 35 cultivars and selections tested. However, groups of cultivars closely related to the parental cultivars, Lapins and Sweetheart, were differentiated by only a few SSR markers each. These last few markers were discovered by specifically screening within these small groups of cultivars and the resulting markers had lower discriminating power (Dj) statistics within the full set of 35 cultivars and selections. To further characterize the differences in one of these closely related groups, SNP markers were identified in the cultivar Sweetheart and an analysis was made of how these markers segregated into three of its open-pollinated progeny. Large blocks of the ‘Sweetheart’ genome (34%) did not contain informative SNP markers, which was consistent with its ancestry where the cultivar Van is both a parent and grandparent. The three progeny cultivars differed from ‘Sweetheart’ at 14%, 31%, and 29% of the 3011 SNP positions tested. These were located in blocks of linked haplotypes covering from 2.5 to 20 million bps each and were distinct for the three cultivars. The cultivar Staccato, which required the most effort for SSR marker discrimination, also had the lowest number of SNP position differences from ‘Sweetheart’ (14%). These informative SNP markers were located in only five small regions of the sweet cherry genome, which also contained the discriminating SSR markers and provides an explanation for the difficulty of locating SSR markers for this cultivar. In addition to clearly differentiating these cultivars, this SNP analysis shows the level of variation expected within this closely related group.
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