Document Type	Doctoral Thesis
Author	Lezar, Sabine
URN	etd-02062006-161839
Document Title	Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species
Degree	PhD (Genetics)
Department	Genetics
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Prof B D Wingfield Committee Chair Dr A A Myburg Committee Co-Chair Dr D V Berger Committee Co-Chair
Keywords	putative markers Eucalyptus
Date	2005-04-08
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract DNA micro-array technology is a new and powerful technology that could substantially increase the speed of forest tree breeding programmes. This thesis represents a compilation of investigations that focus on the exploitation of DNA micro-array technology for genetic marker analysis of Eucalyptus trees. The major focus of the studies presented in this thesis was on the assessment and development of micro-array-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus. A DNA chip for Eucalyptus was not available at start of the study. As a result of this study a 384-prototype chip was developed to evaluate the potential of micro-arrays for fingerprinting closely related Eucalyptus clones, species and hybrids. These studies show that micro-arrays are an efficient DNA marker technology for genome-wide fingerprinting of complex organisms for which no sequence data exist. However, cross-hybridisation and the lack of dedicated software products remain a challenge. The 384-probe array developed in this study was subsequently employed for the detection of putative markers associated with tolerance to Chrysoporthe austroafricana in Eucalyptus grandis. Putative tolerance-associated markers were identified by bulk segregant analysis (BSA) and converted to cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence markers for further characterization in segregating Eucalyptus populations. BSA revealed a total of 109 scorable, polymorphic loci, of which nine appeared to be associated with tolerance or susceptibility. Two DArT markers were converted to cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) markers, which discriminate susceptible and tolerant individuals. These PCR markers can be used for the rapid screening for disease tolerance in Eucalyptus planting and breeding stock. The collection of studies included in this thesis demonstrated that DArT is an efficient DNA marker technology for genome-wide genotyping, particularly for application in less-studies plant genomes. Whole-genome profiling using DArT raises significant opportunities for tree breeding programmes and for future genome analysis of Eucalyptus. © 2005 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Lezar, S 2005, Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02062006-161839/ > D12/9/273/ag
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