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Comparative Study
. 2003 Dec;108(1):131-40.
doi: 10.1007/s00122-003-1400-3. Epub 2003 Sep 6.

Molecular diversity and multilocus organization of the parental lines used in the International Rice Molecular Breeding Program

S B Yu  1 , W J Xu, C H M Vijayakumar, J Ali, B Y Fu, J L Xu, Y Z Jiang, R Marghirang, J Domingo, C Aquino, S S Virmani, Z K Li
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Comparative Study

Molecular diversity and multilocus organization of the parental lines used in the International Rice Molecular Breeding Program

S B Yu et al. Theor Appl Genet. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

One hundred and ninety three parental lines obtained from 26 countries for an international rice molecular breeding program were evaluated using 101 well-distributed simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. An overall genetic diversity of 0.68 and an average of 6.3 alleles per locus were revealed, indicating a high level of genetic variation in these lines. Cluster analysis of the 193 accessions showed three major groups and nine subgroups. Group I corresponded to the classical indica subspecies, whereas groups II and III belong to the japonica subspecies. Indica and japonica differentiation accounted for only 6.5% of the total variation in the entire sample and 93.5% was due to within-subspecies diversity. Differentiation among eco-geographic regions accounted for 24% of the diversity within the subspecies. Larger amounts of the eco-geographical differentiation were resolved within japonica than within indica. The largest indica-japonica differentiation based on the single locus level was detected by markers on chromosomes 9 and 12, while the smallest differentiation was detected by markers on chromosomes 4 and 8. Furthermore, genetic differences at the single-locus and two-locus levels, as well as components due to allelic and gametic differentiation, were revealed between indica and japonica and among the main geographic regions. The multilocus analysis in genetic diversity showed a higher proportion of variation caused by predominant non-random associations of different loci within and among the classified subspecies and geographic subdivisions. The results suggest that selection for eco-geographical adaptation on multilocus associations was largely responsible for the maintenance of the extensive variation in the primary gene pool of rice.

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