Research article
Detection and validation of single feature polymorphisms using RNA expression data from a rice genome array
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* Corresponding author: Timothy J Close timothy.close@ucr.edu
1 Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
2 Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
3 International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
4 United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, George E Brown Jr, Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, CA 92507 USA
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:65 doi:10.1186/1471-2229-9-65
Published: 29 May 2009Abstract
Background
A large number of genetic variations have been identified in rice. Such variations must in many cases control phenotypic differences in abiotic stress tolerance and other traits. A single feature polymorphism (SFP) is an oligonucleotide array-based polymorphism which can be used for identification of SNPs or insertion/deletions (INDELs) for high throughput genotyping and high density mapping. Here we applied SFP markers to a lingering question about the source of salt tolerance in a particular rice recombinant inbred line (RIL) derived from a salt tolerant and salt sensitive parent.
Results
Expression data obtained by hybridizing RNA to an oligonucleotide array were analyzed using a statistical method called robustified projection pursuit (RPP). By applying the RPP method, a total of 1208 SFP probes were detected between two presumed parental genotypes (Pokkali and IR29) of a RIL population segregating for salt tolerance. We focused on the Saltol region, a major salt tolerance QTL. Analysis of FL478, a salt tolerant RIL, revealed a small (< 1 Mb) region carrying alleles from the presumed salt tolerant parent, flanked by alleles matching the salt sensitive parent IR29. Sequencing of putative SFP-containing amplicons from this region and other positions in the genome yielded a validation rate more than 95%.
Conclusion
Recombinant inbred line FL478 contains a small (< 1 Mb) segment from the salt tolerant parent in the Saltol region. The Affymetrix rice genome array provides a satisfactory platform for high resolution mapping in rice using RNA hybridization and the RPP method of SFP analysis.