With the rapid development of sequencing technologies, next-generation sequencing is widely utilized for molecular breeding in several crops including rice. We performed whole genome resequencing of ten Korean rice accessions including six cultivars and four mutant lines. In total, 2,448 million raw reads were generated with over 58x coverage of Nipponbare genome. We mapped the reads from each of the ten accessions onto genomic sequence of japonica rice cultivar, Nipponbare. We detected 3,144,016 SNPs, which estimated to be one per 2.2kb on average. We found SNPs in genes that have been reported to be involved in rice flowering time regulation and bacterial blight resistance among ten rice accessions. Unmapped region against Nipponbare genome occupied about 1 ~ 2% in each accession. Over 50% of the unmapped region were found in the repeat region. The minimum length of gap in all accessions were 1bp and the maximum length of gap was 45,967bp in Ilpum. We also identified 3,497 possible gene loss events within these unmapped regions. The frequency of gene loss in each chromosome ranged from 33 on chromosome 5 to 913 on chromosome 11. The genetic variations we detected among ten rice accessions will provide invaluable resources for identification of genes associated with diverse traits of agronomical importance for molecular breeding.

Advances in genome sequencing technologies have aided discovery of millions of genome-wide DNA polymorphisms, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertion-deletion (InDels), which are an invaluable resource to analyze genetic diversity in a population. We performed whole-genome resequencing of ten Korean rice accessions including six cultivars and four mutant lines. A total of 2,447 million raw reads were generated with over 58x coverage and detected 3,240,025 DNA polymorphisms between the Korean rice accessions and Nipponbare as reference genome. We observed that in ten Korean rice accessions, the frequency of potential SNPs was estimated to be one per 2.1kb on Nipponbare (382Mb). Potential SNPs were classified into two types, homozygous SNP and heterozygous SNP, which approximately 87% of the total was homozygous SNPs from ten accessions and heterozygous SNPs accounted for 13%. According to annotation of DNA polymorphisms, 634,620 SNPs were found in gene region, and only 169,738 SNPs were occurred in coding region. Altogether, 86,251 non-synonymous SNPs were located on 76,891 genes. We also examined genes which had at least one SNP in all ten accessions. It was estimated that the total of 290 genes had one or more non-synonymous SNPs and 25 genes had only synonymous SNPs. These genes were functionally classified based on gene ontology (GO). These DNA polymorphisms obtained from our result will provide an invaluable resource to identify molecular markers and genes associated with diverse traits of agronomical importance.

Mulberries have importance in the sericulture industry as food for Bombyx mori, silkworm reared for its silk. Korean Morus alba have many cultivars and, for the protection of these cultivars and for utilization in plant-breeding programs, genetic information and the diversity among cultivars are essential. This study with 14 mulberry genotypes was undertaken using RAPD and ISSR fingerprinting to discover the genetic divergences between cultivars. Polymorphism rate among the cultivars produced by RAPD primer was found to be 64.48% and 66.29% relative to ISSR primer. The genetic relationships among the cultivars were identified using a dendrogram constructed with the UPGMA clustering method. Nei's method was used to calculate the genetic dissimilarity coefficients between each pair of genotypes, and the highest dissimilarity coefficient of 0.246 was exhibited between Suwon and Hwanggum cultivars. To determine the efficiency of each primer, a polymorphic index was calculated, and the robustness of the dendrogram was checked using cophenetic correlation coefficient. The results of this study can be utilized for the improvement of mulberry varieties in plant-breeding programs.

This study was conducted to investigate the genetic diversity and to develop a technique for cultivar identification using SSR markers in grapevine. Thirty Korean bred and introduced grapevine cultivars were evaluated by 28 SSR markers. A total of 143 alleles were produced ranging from 2 to 8 alleles with an average of 5.1 alleles per locus. Polymorphic information contents (PIC) were ranged from 0.666 (VVIp02) to 0.975 (VVIn33 and VVIn62) with an average of 0.882. UPGMA (unweighted pair-group method arithmetic average) clustering analysis based on genetic distances using 143 alleles classified 30 grapevine cultivars into 7 clusters by similarity index of 0.685. Similarity values among the tested grapevine cultivars ranged from 0.575 to 1.00, and the average similarity value was 0.661. The similarity index was the highest (1.00) between 'Jinok' and 'Campbell Early', and the lowest (0.575) between 'Alden' and 'Narsha'. The genetic relationships among the 30 studied grapevine cultivars were basically consistent with the known pedigree. The three SSR markers sets (VVIn61, VVIt60, and VVIu20) selected from 28 primers were differentiated all grapevine cultivars except for 'Jinok' and 'Campbell Early'. Five cultivars ('Narsha, 'Alden', 'Dutchess', 'Pione', and 'Muscat Hamburg') were identified by VVIn61 at the first step. Then 21 cultivars including 'Hongsodam' by VVIt60 at the second step and 2 cultivars ('Heukbosuck' and 'Suok') by VVIu20 at the third step were identified. These markers could be used as a reliable tool for the identification of Korean grapevine cultivars.

국내외에서 재배되는 12종의 마늘을 수집하여 총 143개의 임의의 primer를 이용하여 RAPD분석을 실시한 결과 55개의 primer로부터 종간에 다형성을 보이는 DNA밴드가 나타났다. RAPD에 의해 다형성을 보인 55개의 primer에서 확인된 총 DNA 밴드 수는 187개였으며, 그 중 128개(68.5%)가 12종의 마늘 지방종간에 다형성을 나타내었다. PCR에서 다형성을 보인 DNA 밴드를 대상으로 집단분석을 실시한 결과 유전적 유사도가 0.71이상에서 3개의 그룹으로 나누어 졌는데, 제1그룹은 의성, 서산, 삼척, 예천-A, 예천-B종, 의성노랑, 정선, 남도, 단양 및 육백종 등으로 대서종을 제외한 한국의 재배종이 모두 포함되었으며, 제2그룹과 제3그룹은 각각 몽골종과 대서종 단독으로 나누어졌다. 종 특이적으로 DNA밴드를 나타내는 primer를 분석한 결과 21개 primer에서 30개의 DNA밴드가 어느 특정의 지방종에만 나타나는 것으로 확인되어, 지방종 마늘 10종을 구분할 수 있는 30개의 RAPD 마커가 확인되었다.

우리나라에서 1994년부터 2007년까지 보급된 콩 20개 보급품종과 6개의 유망품종을 포함한 26개의 엘리트품종들을 SSR마커를 이용하여 유전적 다양성과 유연관계를 분석하고, 품종을 판별한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. SSR마커 15개를 이용하여 분석한 결과 총 201개의 대립인자가 확인되었고, 각 유전좌별로 최소 8개(Satt141)에서 최대 19개(Satt197)의 대립인자가 확인되었으며, 마커당 대립인자수는 평균 13.4개이었다. 2. 15개 SSR마커에 의한 국내 콩 엘리트품종들의 유전적다양성 (PIC값)은 평균 0.874이었고 그 범위는 0.931-0.782이었으며, 마커별로는 Satt197이 0.931로 가장 높았고 Satt141이 0.782로 가장 낮았다. 3. SSR마커를 이용한 유전적거리에 의한 군집분석한 결과, 26개 품종이 3개 그룹으로 분류되었으며, I그룹에 2품종(7.7%), II그룹에 7품종(26.9%), 그리고 III그룹에 17품종(65.4%)이 속하였다. 4. SSR마커에 의하여 분류된 3그룹내의 유전적 다양성은 0.720-0.799으로 평균 0.769이었고, 그룹간의 유전적 다양성은 0.725-0.857으로 평균 0.813이었다. 그룹간이 그룹내보다 유전적 다양성이 더 높았으며, 유연관계는 I그룹은 II그룹 및 III그룹과 유전적거리가 가까웠으며, II그룹과 III그룹간은 서로 유전적거리가 다소 멀었다. 5. 다형성이 높은 5개의 SSR마커 중에서 2개 마커를 이용한 5개조합(Satt197+Sat088 , Satt197+Satt245, Sat088+Sat036 , Sat088+Satt245 , Satt185+Satt245)이 선정되었으며, 이중 어느 조합을 사용하여도 26개 엘리트품종 모두의 판별이 가능하였다.