Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of European Soybean Germplasm Revealed by Single Nucleotide Polymorphism.

ABSTRACT: Soybean is the most grown high-protein crop in the world. Despite the rapid increase of acreage and production volume, European soybean production accounts for only 34% of its consumption in Europe. This study aims to support the optimal exploitation of genetic resources by European breeding programs by investigating the genetic diversity and the genetic structure of 207 European cultivars or American introductions registered in Europe, which were genotyped by the SoySNP50K array. The expected heterozygosity (H_e) was 0.34 for the entire collection and ranged among countries from 0.24 for Swiss cultivars to 0.32 for American cultivars (partly reflecting differences in sample size between countries). Cluster analysis grouped all genotypes into two main clusters with eight subgroup

SUBMITTER: Andrijanic Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10180984 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature