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Allelic variation in candidate genes associated with wood properties of cultivated poplars

Klára Cseke, Attila Zoltán Köbölkuti, Attila Benke, Andrea Rumi, Mátyás Báder, Attila Borovics & Róbert Németh

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Correspondence: Cseke Klára

Postal address: H-9600 Sárvár, Várkerület 30/A

e-mail: cseke.klara[at]erti.naik.hu

Abstract

Poplars represent high economic value. The aim of the present study was to initiate a research methodology that at first identifies candidate genes encoding enzymes with wood property phenotypic traits, towards the aim of developing a genomics-based breeding technology. As a first step, primer pairs were designed on the coding region of 24 candidate genes. 55 primer pairs were tested with 47.27% success rate. In the next phase, eight enzymes were selected for further analysis on 23 genotypes containing seven different poplar species and 11 hybrids. One group of the analyzed enzymes is involved in the lignification process (COMT, CCoAOMT, SAMS), another group (Kt, ptk2, SKOR) holds a key function in K+-dependent xylogenesis, while two more enzymes (endo-1,4-b-xylanase, Araf-ase) have a role in determining microfibril angle. 13 different marker regions were successfully amplified, and 188 sequences were analyzed, altogether resulting in 90 SNPs. The number of polymorphic sites, nucleotide diversity, the number of insertions/deletions, the minimum number of recombination events and the linkage disequilibrium were calculated, while the character of SNPs and conserved DNA regions were identified as well. Potential application fields are discussed along with the presented results.

Keywords: SNP markers, Populus, wood property

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    Cseke, K., Köbölkuti, Z. A., Benke, A., Rumi, A., Báder, M., Borovics, A. & Németh, R. (2020): Allelic variation in candidate genes associated with wood properties of cultivated poplars. Bulletin of Forestry Science, 10(1): 5-16. (in Hungarian) DOI: 10.17164/EK.2020.001

    Volume 10, Issue 1
    Pages: 5-16

    DOI: 10.17164/EK.2020.001

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