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ArticleTAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik2020

Overcoming polyploidy pitfalls: a user guide for effective SNP conversion into KASP markers in wheat.

M Makhoul, C Rambla, K P Voss-Fels, L T Hickey, R J Snowdon, C Obermeier

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Article in TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

M MakhoulDepartment of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
C RamblaQueensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.
K P Voss-FelsQueensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.
L T HickeyQueensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.
R J SnowdonDepartment of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
C ObermeierDepartment of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Christian.obermeier@agrar.uni-giessen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-9106
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DEThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung The Philipp Schwartz InitiativeBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) research project "Rooty: A root ideotype toolbox to support improved wheat yields"
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key messageConversion of SNP chip assays into locus-specific KASP markers requires adapted strategies in polyploid species with high genome homeology. Procedures are exemplified by QTL-associated SNPs in hexaploid wheat. Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) markers are commonly used in marker-assisted commercial plant breeding due to their cost-effectiveness and throughput for high sample volumes. However, conversion of trait-linked SNP markers from array-based SNP detection technologies into KASP markers is particularly challenging in polyploid crop species, due to the presence of highly similar homeologous and paralogous genome sequences. We evaluated strategies and identified key requirements for successful conversion of Illumina Infinium assays from the wheat 90 K SNP array into robust locus-specific KASP markers. Numerous examples showed that commonly used software for semiautomated KASP primer design frequently fails to achieve locus-specificity of KASP assays in wheat. Instead, alignment of SNP probes with multiple reference genomes and Sanger sequencing of relevant genotypes, followed by visual KASP primer placement, was critical for locus-specificity. To identify KASP assays resulting in false calling of heterozygous individuals, validation of KASP assays using extended reference genotype sets including heterozygous genotypes is strongly advised for polyploid crop species. Applying this strategy, we developed highly reproducible, stable KASP assays that are predictive for root biomass QTL haplotypes from highly homoeologous wheat chromosome regions. Due to their locus-specificity, these assays predicted root biomass considerably better than the original trait-associated markers from the Illumina array.

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PolyploidyAllelesBiomassGenes, PlantGenomicsGenotypeHaplotypesHeterozygoteHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingPhenotypePlant RootsPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait LociTriticum

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