Arabidopsis expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and microsatellites of Brassica napus have been developed and used as PCR-based markers for both mapping and genetic diversity studies in B. napus . Out of 300 random Arabidopsis ESTs screened, 43 markers were mapped onto a genetic map of B. napus and then used in a diversity study involving 48 B. napus cultivars. A second set of EST markers were developed from chromosome 1 of Arabidopsis and used in genetic mapping studies of B. napus. From 192 primer pairs developed, 50 markers were added onto the B. napus reference map. Microsatellite markers were developed using a "GA" enriched genomic library from B. napus. From 152 designed primer pairs, 23 markers were added onto the B. napus reference map. Microsatellite markers were also used in genetic diversity studies of B. napus, where, from the 152 primer pairs, 40 revealed polymorphism between the 48 B. napus cultivars.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33023 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Pollock, Stephanie. |
| Contributors | Cheung, Wing Y. (advisor), Landry, Benoit S. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Biology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001846405, proquestno: MQ75337, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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