We have developed, in collaboration with Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland [1], the theory and user-friendly software for linkage map construction and QTL mapping in autotetraploid species such as the European potato (Luo et al., 2001; Hackett et al., 2001; Hackett et al., 2007).
We have analysed and published the results of the cross between processing clone 12601ab1 and table cultivar Stirling, a cross typical of those made in potato breeding programmes. We have discussed the implications for potato breeding (Bryan et al., 2004; Bradshaw et al., 2004; Bradshaw et al., 2008).
Bradshaw, J.E., Pande, B., Bryan, G.J., Hackett, C.A., McLean, K., Stewart, H.E. and Waugh, R. 2004. Interval mapping of quantitative trait loci for resistance to late blight [Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary], height and maturity in a tetraploid population of potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum). Genetics 168, 983 - 995.
Bradshaw, J.E., Hackett, C.A., Pande, B., Waugh, R. and Bryan, G.J. 2008. QTL mapping of yield, agronomic and quality traits in tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 116, 193 - 211.
Bryan, G.J, McLean, K., Pande, B., Purvis, A., Hackett, C.A., Bradshaw, J.E. and Waugh, R. 2004. Genetical dissection of H3-mediated polygenic PCN resistance in a heterozygous autotetraploid potato population. Molecular Breeding 14, 105 - 116.
Hackett, C.A., Bradshaw, J.E. and McNicol, J.W. 2001. Interval mapping of QTLs in autotetraploid species. Genetics 159, 1819 - 1832.
Hackett, C.A., Milne, I., Bradshaw, J.E. and Luo, Z. 2007. TetraploidMap for Windows: linkage map construction and QTL mapping in autotetraploid species. Journal of Heredity 98, 727 - 729.
Luo, Z.W., Hackett, C.A., Bradshaw, J.E., McNicol, J.W. and Milbourne, D.M. 2001. Construction of a genetic linkage map in tetraploid species using microsatellite markers. Genetics 157, 1369 - 1385.
Links:
[1] http://www.bioss.ac.uk
[2] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/christine-hackett
[3] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/glenn-bryan
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/iain-milne
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/karen-mclean