Utilising Illumina sequencing for high throughput genotyping of wheat

遗传标记被用来识别大种群中个体的遗传构成的差异。在农作物中，遗传标记对于培育改良作物非常重要，因为它们可以用来追踪双亲对后代的贡献。这使育种人员能够快速识别赋予理想特征的DNA区域，并将这些区域培育成品系，同时消除不需要的区域。作物育种需要在几年的时间里对许多植物的基因构成进行筛选。使用的遗传标记越多，就可以进行更精确的育种，从而减少这一过程中的时间和不确定性。提高植物育种的效率和可预测性，对于确保小麦等关键作物的未来供应至关重要。我们的目标是利用我们在小麦基因组学和下一代测序方面的专业知识，与英国小麦育种者合作开发高通量小麦基因分型。

Genetic markers are used to identify differences in the genetic make-up of individuals in large populations. In crop plants genetic markers are very important for breeding improved crops because they can be used to trace the contributions of parents to their offspring. This enable breeders to identify quickly regions of DNA that confer desirable traits and breed these regions into lines, while eliminating undesired regions. Crop breeding requires many plants to be screened for their genetic make-up over several years. The more genetic markers that are used the more precise breeding can be made, reducing the time and uncertainty in the process. Achieving improved efficiency and predictability in plant breeding is centrally important for securing future supplies of key crops such as wheat. We aim to use our expertise in wheat genomics and next-generation sequencing to develop high- throughput genotyping for wheat in collaboration with UK wheat breeders.