Université de Fribourg

High resolution linkage maps of the model organism Petunia reveal substantial synteny decay with the related genome of tomato

Bossolini, Eligio ; Klahre, Ulrich ; Brandenburg, Anna ; Reinhardt, Didier ; Kuhlemeier, Cris

In: Genome, 2011, vol. 54, p. 327-340

Two linkage maps were constructed for the model plant Petunia. Mapping populations were obtained by crossing the wild species Petunia axillaris subsp. axillaris with Petunia inflata, and Petunia axillaris subsp. parodii with Petunia exserta. Both maps cover the seven chromosomes of Petunia, and span 970 centimorgans (cM) and 700 cM of the genomes, respectively. In total, 207 markers were mapped....