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Genetics, Vol 144, 1205-1214, Copyright © 1996
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Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Growth and Wood Quality Traits in Eucalyptus grandis Using a Maternal Half-Sib Family and RAPD Markers
D. Grattapaglia, FLG. Bertolucci, R. Penchel and R. R. Sederoff
Plant Genetics Laboratory, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Brasilia D.F. 70879-970, Brazil, Forest Biotechnology Group, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping of forest productivity traits was performed using an open pollinated half-sib family of Eucalyptus grandis. For volume growth, a sequential QTL mapping approach was applied using bulk segregant analysis (BSA), selective genotyping (SG) and cosegregation analysis (CSA). Despite the low heritability of this trait and the heterogeneous genetic background employed for mapping. BSA detected one putative QTL and SG two out of the three later found by CSA. The three putative QTL for volume growth were found to control 13.7% of the phenotypic variation, corresponding to an estimated 43.7% of the genetic variation. For wood specific gravity five QTL were identified controlling 24.7% of the phenotypic variation corresponding to 49% of the genetic variation. Overlapping QTL for CBH, WSG and percentage dry weight of bark were observed. A significant case of digenic epistasis was found, involving unlinked QTL for volume. Our results demonstrate the applicability of the within half-sib design for QTL mapping in forest trees and indicate the existence of major genes involved in the expression of economically important traits related to forest productivity in Eucalyptus grandis. These findings have important implications for marker-assisted tree breeding.
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