Estravis Barcala, Maximiliano
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2023Peer reviewedOpen access
Barcala, Maximiliano Estravis; van der Valk, Tom; Chen, Zhiqiang; Funda, Tomas; Chaudhary, Rajiv; Klingberg, Adam; Fundova, Irena; Suontama, Mari; Hallingback, Henrik; Bernhardsson, Carolina; Nystedt, Bjorn; Ingvarsson, Par K.; Sherwood, Ellen; Street, Nathaniel; Gyllensten, Ulf; Nilsson, Ove; Wu, Harry X.
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is one of the most widespread and economically important conifer species in the world. Applications like genomic selection and association studies, which could help accelerate breeding cycles, are challenging in Scots pine because of its large and repetitive genome. For this reason, genotyping tools for conifer species, and in particular for Scots pine, are commonly based on transcribed regions of the genome. In this article, we present the Axiom Psyl50K array, the first single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping array for Scots pine based on whole-genome resequencing, that represents both genic and intergenic regions. This array was designed following a two-step procedure: first, 192 trees were sequenced, and a 430K SNP screening array was constructed. Then, 480 samples, including haploid megagametophytes, full-sib family trios, breeding population, and range-wide individuals from across Eurasia were genotyped with the screening array. The best 50K SNPs were selected based on quality, replicability, distribution across the draft genome assembly, balance between genic and intergenic regions, and genotype-environment and genotype-phenotype associations. Of the final 49 877 probes tiled in the array, 20 372 (40.84%) occur inside gene models, while the rest lie in intergenic regions. We also show that the Psyl50K array can yield enough high-confidence SNPs for genetic studies in pine species from North America and Eurasia. This new genotyping tool will be a valuable resource for high-throughput fundamental and applied research of Scots pine and other pine species.
genome resequencing; SNP array; Pinus sylvestris; pines; genomic selection; genome-wide association studies
Plant Journal
2023, Volume: 117, number: 3, pages: 944-955 Publisher: WILEY
Forest Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16535
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/127484