Microsatellite markers in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Authors
Monika VIDAK
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
Klaudija CAROVIĆ-STANKO
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana BAREŠIĆ
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
Martina GRDIŠA
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zlatko ŠATOVIĆ
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zlatko LIBER
Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Marulićev Trg 20/II, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
common bean, genetic diversity, genetic maps, microsatellite markers
Abstract
Common bean is one of the most cultivated and consumed grain legumes worldwide, showing a high level of genetic diversity. Here is presented a detailed review of development and mapping of simple sequence repeats (SSRs, microsatellite markers) in the common bean. In the last 25 years, common bean has been the subject of numerous genetic studies, in which the identification and use of SSRs were conducted, and lead to the development of genetic maps. First genetic maps of common bean have been developed in the 1990s and were based on different molecular markers, and included domestication genes and important agronomic traits. Later, SSRs allowed the genetic mapping of more narrow crosses that are often of interest in plant breeding. Most genetic maps have been correlated with the core map established in the recombinant inbred population BAT93 x Jalo EEP558, and includes different markers, RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism), RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA), AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism), and SSRs in particular. More than 2,000 SSR markers are available for the common bean and they are an important tool to evaluate the genetic diversity of common bean landraces. SSRs are also useful to evaluate intra-specific diversity within the genus Phaseolus.
