Developing new SSR markers from ESTs of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

The development of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from pea has provided a useful source for mining novel simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. In the present research, in order to find EST-derived SSR markers, 18 552 pea ESTs from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database were downloaded and assembled into 10 086 unigenes. A total of 586 microsatellites in 530 unigenes were identified, indicating that merely 5.25% of sequences contained SSRs. The most abundant SSRs within pea were tri-nucleotide repeat motifs, and among all the tri-nucleotide repeats, the motif GAA was the most abundant type. In total, 49 SSRs were used for primer design. EST-SSR loci were subsequently screened on 10 widely adapted varieties in China. Of these, nine loci showed polymorphic profiles that revealed two to three alleles per locus. The polymorphism information content value ranged from 0.18 to 0.58 with an average of 0.41. Furthermore, transferable analysis revealed that some of these loci showed transferability to faba bean. Because of their polymorphism and transferability, these nine novel EST-SSRs will be valuable tools for marker-assisted breeding and comparative mapping of pea in the future.     

枳壳类中药材干燥果实DNA 提取方法的优化实验设计

以学科前沿为引导,设计了“枳壳类中药材干燥果实DNA提取方法的优化”研究型实验。实验内容包括枳壳类干燥果实DNA的提取、DNA浓度及纯度测定、DNA电泳、PCR产物电泳、结果分析讨论。教学实践表明,该实验有助于学生深入理解干燥中药材DNA提取的全过程,有助于激发学生的自主创新热情,提高学生的科研能力和综合素质。