Chloroplast DNA variation and parentage analysis in 55 apples

The chloroplastic atpB-rbcL spacer and the first 53 codons of the rbcL coding sequence was sequenced for 40 apple cultivars and 15 wild species. This chloroplast DNA region is 904 base pairs long, and only five mutations sites were found among the tested samples. Although the cpDNA variation was low...

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Published in:Theoretical and applied genetics 1995-06, Vol.90 (7/8), p.1138-1141
Main Authors: Savolainen, V, Corbaz, R, Moncousin, C, Spichiger, R, Manen, J.F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
atp-rbcl spacer region
Biological and medical sciences
chloroplasts
Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids
cultivars
DNA
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
genbank/x69749
genbank/x69750
genbank/x69753
genetic polymorphism
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
Malus
Malus domestica
molecular sequence data
mutation
nucleotide sequences
origin
parentage
phylogeny
Pteridophyta, spermatophyta
rbcl gene
ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase
Rosa damascena
structural genes
Vegetals
wild plants
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Summary:The chloroplastic atpB-rbcL spacer and the first 53 codons of the rbcL coding sequence was sequenced for 40 apple cultivars and 15 wild species. This chloroplast DNA region is 904 base pairs long, and only five mutations sites were found among the tested samples. Although the cpDNA variation was low, some parentages are proposed based on the maternal inheritance of plastid DNA: the male and female parents are specified, or else suggested, for Worcester, Discovery, Starking, Starkrimson, Kidd's Orange Red, Priscilla, and Gloster, as well as for the putative wild origin for Malus X domestica.
ISSN:0040-5752
1432-2242
DOI:10.1007/bf00222934