Tolera, Bekele Serbessa and Woldegebriel, Kifle Dagne and Gari, Abel Teshome and Dida, Mulatu Geleta and Geletu, Kassahun Tesfaye
(2021).
Analyses of genetic diversity and population structure of anchote (Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn.) using newly developed EST-SSR markers.
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 68
, 2337-2350
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Abstract
Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn.) is a perennial root crop belonging to Cucurbitaceae family. It is endemic to Ethiopia and distributed over wide range of agro-ecologies. For further improvement and efficient conservation of this crop, characterization of its genetic diversity and its pattern of distribution is a vitally important step. Expressed sequence tags-simple sequence repeats (EST-SSRs) markers were developed from publicly available watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] ESTs in the GenBank database. Among those novel markers, eight were polymorphic and subsequently used for genetic diversity and population structure analyses of 30 anchote accessions collected from western Ethiopia. A total of 24 alleles were obtained across the eight polymorphic loci and 30 accessions that revealed moderate level of genetic diversity in this minor crop. Among the eight loci, locus CA_06 was the most informative with six alleles and polymorphic information content (PIC) of 0.76. The accessions showed about threefold variation in terms of genetic diversity, with expected heterozygosity (He) ranging from 0.15 (accession An) to 0.44 (accession Dg). Other accessions with higher genetic diversity include Ar and Gu (He = 0.43 and 0.41, respectively). Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that the variation within accessions and among accessions accounted for 84.7% and 15.3% of the total variation, respectively. The study revealed low but significant population differentiation in this crop with no clear pattern of population structure. The EST-SSR markers developed in this study are the first of their kind for anchote and can be used for characterization of its wider genetic resources for conservation and breeding purposes.
Authors/Creators: | Tolera, Bekele Serbessa and Woldegebriel, Kifle Dagne and Gari, Abel Teshome and Dida, Mulatu Geleta and Geletu, Kassahun Tesfaye | ||||||
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Title: | Analyses of genetic diversity and population structure of anchote (Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn.) using newly developed EST-SSR markers | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
Volume: | 68 | ||||||
Page range: | 2337-2350 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||||
Publisher: | SPRINGER | ||||||
ISSN: | 0925-9864 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 404 Agricultural Biotechnology > Genetics and Breeding | ||||||
Keywords: | Accession, Anchote, Coccinia abyssinica, EST-SSR, Genetic diversity, Population structure | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-111001 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-111001 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 24784 | ||||||
Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Plant Breeding (from 130101) | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 02 Jul 2021 09:25 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2021 09:31 |
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