Full Text Available

Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.

Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species

Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wingfield, Brenda D.
Format: Thesis
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1867613672889647104
access_status_str Open Access
author2 Wingfield, Brenda D.
author_browse Wingfield, Brenda D.
author_facet Wingfield, Brenda D.
collection Thesis
dc_rights_str_mv © 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.
description Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
format Thesis
id oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26958
institution University of Pretoria (South Africa)
last_indexed 2026-06-10T12:39:52.674Z
license_str Other — see source repository
provenance_str_mv Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository
publishDate 2013
publishDateRange 2013
publishDateSort 2013
publisher University of Pretoria
publisherStr University of Pretoria
record_format dspace
source_str UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository
spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26958 Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species Wingfield, Brenda D. Myburg, Alexander Andrew Berger, David Kenneth Lezar, Sabine Putative markers Eucalyptus UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. 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. Genetics Unrestricted 2013-09-07T09:33:44Z 2006-02-06 2013-09-07T09:33:44Z 2005-04-08 2011-08-06 2006-02-06 Thesis 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://hdl.handle.net/2263/26958 > D12/9/273/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26958 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02062006-161839/ © 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. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Putative markers
Eucalyptus
UCTD
Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species
title Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species
title_full Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species
title_fullStr Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species
title_full_unstemmed Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species
title_short Assessment and development of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis and related species
title_sort assessment and development of microarray based dna fingerprinting in eucalyptus grandis and related species
topic Putative markers
Eucalyptus
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26958
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02062006-161839/