Transcriptome sequencing of lentil based on second-generation technology permits large-scale unigene assembly and SSR marker discovery

BMC Genomics

Research Article

Michael Materne¹  Noel OI Cogan²  Maiko Shinozuka²  Luke W Pembleton²  Sukhjiwan Kaur²  Keith W Savin²  John W Forster³ 

[1] Department of Primary Industries, Biosciences Research Division, Grains Innovation Park, 3401, Horsham, Victoria, Australia;Department of Primary Industries, Biosciences Research Division, Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre, La Trobe University Research and Development Park, 1 Park Drive, 3083, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia;Department of Primary Industries, Biosciences Research Division, Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre, La Trobe University Research and Development Park, 1 Park Drive, 3083, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia;La Trobe University, 3086, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia;

关键词: Faba Bean;    Read Length;    Transcriptome Sequencing;    Simple Sequence Repeat Locus;    Unique Match;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2164-12-265

 received in 2011-02-05, accepted in 2011-05-25,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is a cool-season grain legume which provides a rich source of protein for human consumption. In terms of genomic resources, lentil is relatively underdeveloped, in comparison to other Fabaceae species, with limited available data. There is hence a significant need to enhance such resources in order to identify novel genes and alleles for molecular breeding to increase crop productivity and quality.ResultsTissue-specific cDNA samples from six distinct lentil genotypes were sequenced using Roche 454 GS-FLX Titanium technology, generating c. 1.38 × 106 expressed sequence tags (ESTs). De novo assembly generated a total of 15,354 contigs and 68,715 singletons. The complete unigene set was sequence-analysed against genome drafts of the model legume species Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis thaliana to identify 12,639, and 7,476 unique matches, respectively. When compared to the genome of Glycine max, a total of 20,419 unique hits were observed corresponding to c. 31% of the known gene space. A total of 25,592 lentil unigenes were subsequently annoated from GenBank. Simple sequence repeat (SSR)-containing ESTs were identified from consensus sequences and a total of 2,393 primer pairs were designed. A subset of 192 EST-SSR markers was screened for validation across a panel 12 cultivated lentil genotypes and one wild relative species. A total of 166 primer pairs obtained successful amplification, of which 47.5% detected genetic polymorphism.ConclusionsA substantial collection of ESTs has been developed from sequence analysis of lentil genotypes using second-generation technology, permitting unigene definition across a broad range of functional categories. As well as providing resources for functional genomics studies, the unigene set has permitted significant enhancement of the number of publicly-available molecular genetic markers as tools for improvement of this species.

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