Molecular marker development and genetic diversity exploration in Medicago polymorpha.

ABSTRACT: Medicago polymorpha L. (bur clover), an invasive plant species of the genus Medicago, has been traditionally used in China as an edible vegetable crop because of its high nutritive value. However, few molecular markers for M. polymorpha have been identified. Using the recently published high-quality reference genome of M. polymorpha, we performed a specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) analysis of 10 M. polymorpha accessions to identify molecular markers and explore genetic diversity. A total of 52,237 high-quality single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were developed. These SNPs were mostly distributed on pseudochromosome 3, least distributed on pseudochromosome 7, and relatively evenly distributed on five other pseudochromosomes of M. poly

SUBMITTER: Ren H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851046 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature