Molecular Biology and Genetics / Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik

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    Citation - WoS: 15
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    Molecular Diversity and Identification of Alleles for Verticillium Wilt Resistance in Elite Cotton (gossypium Hirsutum L.) Germplasm
    (Springer Verlag, 2017) Akköse Baytar, Asena; Erdoğan, Oktay; Frary, Anne; Frary, Amy; Doğanlar, Sami
    Cotton is an important crop in the textile, food and pharmaceutical industries. In the present study, a panel of 108 elite cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) lines was genotyped with 177 genome-wide SSR markers to assess genetic diversity, linkage disequilibrium, population structure and association analyses. A total of 967 loci were assayed and the lines fell into four main groups with a mean genetic distance of 39%. The linkage disequilibrium (LD) decay rate was estimated to be 20–30 cm (r2 ≤ 0.5). Association analyses were performed with both general linear model and mixed linear model methods to identify SSR marker loci linked to Verticillium wilt resistance. Verticillium wilt is a fungal disease that causes huge yield losses in cotton production throughout the world. A total of 26 marker loci distributed on 14 chromosomes were associated with resistance at p ≤ 0.05. Eight of the 26 associated marker loci were highly significant (p < 0.01). The phenotypic variation explained (r2) by individual markers ranged from 3.2% to 8.2%. Three of the 26 marker loci (JESPR153, JESPR274 and CIR218) were consistent with previous studies. Our results should be useful in improving Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton breeding lines.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
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    Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Faba Bean (vicia Faba) From Turkey
    (American Society for Horticultural Science, 2016) Göl, Şurhan; Doğanlar, Sami; Frary, Anne
    Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an important food and feed legume because of the nutritional value of its seed protein and starch content, good biomass, and high efficiency nitrogen fixation.This study analyzed the molecular genetic diversity and population structure of 101 Turkish faba bean accessions using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers.A total of 32 SSR markers yielded 281 loci of which 277 (98.6%) were polymorphic.Mean dissimilarity between genotypes was 0.355, a relatively high value which was expected given faba bean’s large genome and limited breeding history.According to the results, faba bean individuals grouped into three main clusters based on both distance matrix (neighbor-joining algorithm) and model-based (population structure) clustering analyses.Clustering was not correlated with seed size or origin within Turkey.Six cultivars were included in the analysis and showed high genetic diversity compared with the landraces, as expected, given the fact that at least some of the cultivars were bred by hybridization.A total of 47 individuals were selected for the core collection to represent the diversity of Turkish faba bean germplasm.This core set encompasses material adapted to all growing regions and should be a priority for morphological characterization. © 2016, American Society for Horticultural Science.All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 9
    Citation - Scopus: 8
    Morphological and Molecular Diversity in Turkish Sesame Germplasm and Core Set Selection
    (Crop Science Society of America, 2015) Frary, Anne; Tekin, Pelin; Çelik, İbrahim; Furat, Şeymus; Uzun, Bülent; Doğanlar, Sami
    The conservation of plant germplasm is essential to ensure future breeding gains and crop bio-diversity. To be truly useful, such germplasm must be characterized for morphological traits and genetic diversity. In this work, agro-morphological diversity was assessed in 137 Turkish sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes (129 accessions and eight cultivars) by examination of eight qualitative and nine quantitative traits. As expected, morphological variability in the cultivars was low with broader diversity present in sesame accessions. However, some accessions were identified with interesting features, such as increased number of capsules and seed yield, which could be employed in future cultivar development. The sesame genotypes were analyzed for molecular genetic diversity with 140 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) loci. The results indicated a relatively low level of variability with an average dissimilarity value of 0.33 for all genotypes. Population structure was also examined and indicated that the material fell into two subpopulations. As most of the accessions (82%) were obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and are not yet housed in the Turkish national sesame germplasm collection, the data were used to identify a core set of 22 accessions that should be preserved in Turkey. The importance of using both molecular and morphological data for core selection is highlighted with a focus on germplasm preservation and breeding. © Crop Science Society of America
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    Citation - WoS: 24
    Citation - Scopus: 26
    Development of Est-Ssr Markers for Diversity and Breeding Studies in Opium Poppy
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2013) Şelale, Hatice; Çelik, İbrahim; Gültekin, Visam; Allmer, Jens; Doğanlar, Sami; Frary, Anne
    All publicly available opium poppy expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences, totalling 20 885, were assembled into unigenes and examined for simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Nearly 19% of the 14 957 unigenes contained SSRs with 4% harbouring more than one SSR. Average density of the SSRs was 1 SSR per 3.6 kb of non-redundant EST sequence. Trinucleotide SSRs were most frequently identified (39%), and many of the most prevalent motifs were AT-rich. Flanking primers were designed for 86% of the SSRs and 67 primer pairs were tested on 37 opium poppy accessions and seven related species. All markers were transferable to the related species. Polymorphism information content (PIC) values for the markers were intermediate for comparisons within opium poppy (average of 0.27) and slightly higher for comparisons across species (average of 0.29). The markers were found to be useful for diversity analysis as they successfully distinguished among Turkish opium poppy accessions and land races.