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Quantitative trait loci influencing fruit traits were identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis in a population of recombinant inbred lines (RIL) derived from a cross of the cultivated tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum with a related wild species Lycopersicon cheesmanii. One hundred thirty-two polymorphic RFLP loci spaced throughout the tomato genome were scored for 97 F8 RIL families. Fruit weight and soluble solids were measured in replicated trials during 1991 and 1992. Seed weight was measured in 1992. Significant (P<0.01 level) quantitative trait locus (QTL) associations of marker loci were identified for each trait. A total of 73 significant marker locus-trait associations were detected for the three traits measured. Fifty-three of these associations were for fruit weight and soluble solids, many of which involved marker loci signficantly associated with both traits. QTL with large effects on all three traits were detected on chromosome 6. Greater homozygosity at many loci in the RIL population as compared to F2 populations and greater genomic coverage resulted in increased precision in the estimation of QTL effects, and large proportions of the total phenotypic variance were explained by marker class variation at significant marker loci for many traits. The RIL population was effective in detecting and discriminating among QTL for these traits previously identified in other investigations despite skewed segregation ratios at many marker loci. Large additive effects were measured at significant marker loci. Lower fruit weight, higher soluble solids, and lower seed weight were generally associated with RFLP alleles from theL. cheesmanii parent.
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Goldman, I.L., Paran, I. & Zamir, D. Quantitative trait locus analysis of a recombinant inbred line population derived from a Lycopersicon esculentum x Lycopersicon cheesmanii cross. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 90, 925–932 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222905
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