Routtu, J. and Hall, M. D. and Albere, B. and Beisel, C. and Bergeron, R. D. and Chaturvedi, A. and Choi, J. H. and Colbourne, J. and De Meester, L. and Stephens, M. T. and Stelzer, C. P. and Solorzano, E. and Thomas, W. K. and Pfrender, M. E. and Ebert, Dieter. (2014) An SNP-based second-generation genetic map of Daphnia magna and its application to QTL analysis of phenotypic traits. BMC genomics, Vol. 15 , 1033.
![]()
|
PDF
- Published Version
Available under License CC BY (Attribution). 1511Kb |
Official URL: http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6337824
Downloads: Statistics Overview
Abstract
Background: Although Daphnia is increasingly recognized as a model for ecological genomics and biomedical research, there is, as of yet, no high-resolution genetic map for the genus. Such a map would provide an important tool for mapping phenotypes and assembling the genome. Here we estimate the genome size of Daphnia magna and describe the construction of an SNP array based linkage map. We then test the suitability of the map for life history and behavioural trait mapping. The two parent genotypes used to produce the map derived from D. magna populations with and without fish predation, respectively and are therefore expected to show divergent behaviour and life-histories. Results: Using flow cytometry we estimated the genome size of D. magna to be about 238 mb. We developed an SNP array tailored to type SNPs in a D. magna F2 panel and used it to construct a D. magna linkage map, which included 1,324 informative markers. The map produced ten linkage groups ranging from 108.9 to 203.6 cM, with an average distance between markers of 1.13 cM and a total map length of 1,483.6 cM (Kosambi corrected). The physical length per cM is estimated to be 160 kb. Mapping infertility genes, life history traits and behavioural traits on this map revealed several significant QTL peaks and showed a complex pattern of underlying genetics, with different traits showing strongly different genetic architectures. Conclusions: The new linkage map of D. magna constructed here allowed us to characterize genetic differences among parent genotypes from populations with ecological differences. The QTL effect plots are partially consistent with our expectation of local adaptation under contrasting predation regimes. Furthermore, the new genetic map will be an important tool for the Daphnia research community and will contribute to the physical map of the D. magna genome project and the further mapping of phenotypic traits. The clones used to produce the linkage map are maintained in a stock collection and can be used for mapping QTLs of traits that show variance among the F2 clones.
Faculties and Departments: | 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Evolutionary Biology (Ebert) |
---|---|
UniBasel Contributors: | Ebert, Dieter and Routtu, Jarkko |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
ISSN: | 1471-2164 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Language: | English |
Identification Number: |
|
edoc DOI: | |
Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2023 07:41 |
Deposited On: | 06 Feb 2015 09:59 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page