A genome-wide scan of selective sweeps and association mapping of fruit traits using microsatellite markers in watermelon.

ABSTRACT: Our genetic diversity study uses microsatellites of known map position to estimate genome level population structure and linkage disequilibrium, and to identify genomic regions that have undergone selection during watermelon domestication and improvement. Thirty regions that showed evidence of selective sweep were scanned for the presence of candidate genes using the watermelon genome browser (www.icugi.org). We localized selective sweeps in intergenic regions, close to the promoters, and within the exons and introns of various genes. This study provided an evidence of convergent evolution for the presence of diverse ecotypes with special reference to American and European ecotypes. Our search for location of linked markers in the whole-genome draft sequence revealed that BVWS00358, a GA r

SUBMITTER: Reddy UK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4323065 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature