ijms International Journal of Molecular Sciences Int. J. Mol. Sci. 1422-0067 Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 10.3390/ijms13067080 ijms-13-07080 Short Note Development of 101 Gene-based Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers in Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus DuHuixia BaoZhenmin YanJingjing TianMeilin MuXiaoyu WangShi LuWei* Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; E-Mails: nevergiveupxia@sina.com (H.D.); zmbao@ouc.edu.cn (Z.B.); jing-yan12345@163.com (J.Y.); air880426@163.com (M.T.); muxiaoyu422@yahoo.cn (X.M.); swang@ouc.edu.cn (S.W.) Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: lw1981@ouc.edu.cn; Tel./Fax: +86-532-8203-1802. 2012 08 06 2012 13 6 7080 7097 25 04 2012 25 05 2012 25 05 2012 © 2012 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. 2012

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are currently the marker of choice in a variety of genetic studies. Using the high resolution melting (HRM) genotyping approach, 101 gene-based SNP markers were developed for Apostichopus japonicus, a sea cucumber species with economic significance for the aquaculture industry in East Asian countries. HRM analysis revealed that all the loci showed polymorphisms when evaluated using 40 A. japonicus individuals collected from a natural population. The minor allele frequency ranged from 0.035 to 0.489. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.050 to 0.833 and 0.073 to 0.907, respectively. Thirteen loci were found to depart significantly from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) after Bonferroni corrections. Significant linkage disequilibrium (LD) was detected in one pair of markers. These SNP markers are expected to be useful for future quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis, and to facilitate marker-assisted selection (MAS) in A. japonicus.

 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) Apostichopus japonicus high resolution melting (HRM) analysis marker-assisted selection (MAS) 1. Introduction

The sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka 1867), naturally distributes along the coasts of China, Japan, Korea and Russia [1]. Due to their nutritional and medicinal value, they have long been exploited as an important fishery resource in East Asian countries. Over the past decade, the aquaculture of A. japonicus has become widespread along the coasts of China, due to increasing market demand and over-exploitation of wild sea cucumbers [2]. However, the rapid expansion and intensification of sea cucumber aquaculture has resulted in some severe problems, such as wide-spread disease and stock deterioration, possibly caused by inappropriate broodstock management and inbreeding depression [2]. In order to properly manage broodstock resources and efficiently enhance aquaculture production, control of inbreeding and selection of broodstock with the desired traits, such as rapid growth and disease resistance, are currently necessary for sustainable development of the A. japonicus aquaculture. Recently, marker-assisted selection (MAS) has become a valuable tool for selecting individuals with traits of interest [3]. To perform MAS, a large number of genetic markers are usually needed to determine the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with economically important traits.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been shown to be the most abundant type of genetic variations in eukaryotic genomes [4], and are currently the marker of choice in a variety of genetic studies, such as high-density genetic linkage mapping and QTL analysis. However, only a limited number of SNP markers have been reported for A. japonicus [5–7]. Moreover, molecular markers developed from the expressed sequence tag (EST) databases offer several advantages over anonymous genomic markers, as (i) they can detect variation in the expressed portion of the genome, so that gene tagging could give “perfect” marker-trait associations; (ii) they could alleviate the problem of null alleles which is usually associated with markers developed from the non-transcribed regions; and (iii) they are expected to have greater transferability between species, since transcribed regions are more conserved among closely related species/genera.

Previously, our group has released a large amount of EST data by 454 sequencing of the A. japonicus transcriptome [7]. By mining our EST dataset, more than 54,000 putative SNPs have been identified, 200 of which were selected in this study for marker development. SNP validation was performed using 48 A. japonicus individuals collected from four natural populations. Genetic parameters of the validated SNP markers were evaluated using 40 A. japonicus individuals from a single natural population. These SNP markers will be useful for future QTL analysis in order to facilitate MAS in A. japonicus.

 2. Results and Discussion

Transcriptomic sequences represent an important resource for rapid and cost-effective development of gene-based SNPs. For the high resolution melting (HRM)-based SNP marker development, we designed PCR primers for 200 candidate SNPs (Table 1), which were previously identified from the A. japonicus transcriptome generated by 454-FLX sequencing [7]. After PCR amplification, 159 (79.5%) amplified strong bands with expected sizes. The others were discarded without further consideration, as they produced bands larger than expected (possibly caused by introns) or resulted in poor amplification (weak or non-specific amplification). During the initial HRM screen, 63.5% (101) of the 159 successfully amplified loci showed polymorphisms in 48 individuals collected from 4 natural populations, 21.4% (34) generated non-polymorphic curves, and 15.1% (24) displayed unreliable melting curves. In this study, we showed that minor allele frequency (MAF) can serve as an important selection criterion to distinguish true SNPs from sequencing errors when performing SNP mining from 454 sequencing data (Figure 1). For example, most of the validated SNPs usually have a MAF of more than 35%, whereas most non-validated SNPs usually have a MAF of less than 25%. Although our study demonstrated that SNP markers can be efficiently developed from transcriptomic resources, it should be noted that the SNPs obtained may largely represent common genetic variations due to the low coverage of the original transcriptome sequencing, and may suffer from ascertainment bias resulting from simple sample source used in the original transcriptome sequencing.

Genetic parameters of the validated SNP markers were further evaluated using 40 A. japonicus individuals from a single natural population. As expected, all 101 SNP loci were polymorphic. The minor allele frequency ranged from 0.035 to 0.489 (Table 2). The Ho ranged from 0.050 to 0.833, while the He varied from 0.073 to 0.907. Thirteen loci departed significantly (p < 0.01) from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) after Bonferroni correction, suggesting that these loci may be under ongoing natural selection. Significant linkage disequilibrium (LD) was detected in one pair of SNP markers (ApjSNP092_CT and ApjSNP098_CT).

As the gene-derived SNPs reside in or are immediately next to protein-coding sequences, they stand a better chance for identifying functional genes that are responsible for complex traits as well as simply inherited traits [8,9]. In our study, 70 SNP markers (Table 2) were developed from the EST sequences showing significant similarity to an entry in the NCBI nr database [10]. Among the annotation information, genes potentially involved in growth or immunity (e.g., epidermal growth factor receptor, Zinc finger protein 62 homolog and heat shock protein 90 kDa beta) were identified. It would be interesting to see whether any of these growth- or immune-related SNPs are highlighted in future QTL mapping of economically important traits, such as high growth rate and disease resistance.

 3. Experimental Section 3.1. Sampling and DNA Extraction

A total of 48 A. japonicus individuals used for SNP marker validation were collected from four natural populations (Dalian, Yantai, Qingdao and Wendeng) in China. Genetic parameters of the validated SNP markers were further evaluated using 40 A. japonicus individuals from the Rongcheng (Shandong, China) population. Genomic DNA was extracted from the muscles of sea cucumbers by following the protocol developed by Zhan et al. [11]. The quantity and integrity of genomic DNA was determined using an Ultrospec™ 2100 pro UV/Visible Spectrophotometer (Amersham Biosciences, Uppsala, Sweden) and gel electrophoresis, respectively.

 3.2. SNP Discovery and Genotyping

Our group has recently released a large amount of transcriptomic data by 454 sequencing of eight cDNA libraries constructed using more than 200 sea cucumber individuals. Potential SNPs were detected from the assembled contigs using the program GS Reference Mapper (version 2.6, Roche 454 Life Sciences: Branford, CT, USA, 2011) with default parameters (cDNA mode). More than 54,000 putative SNPs were identified from the dataset, 200 of which were selected in this study for marker development with the selection criteria of at least 3× occurrence of the minority allele and at least 6× contigs coverage (number of reads forming the contig). SNP genotyping was performed using a recently developed cost-effective HRM method [12]. For each locus, three non-modified oligonucleotides were used, corresponding to two PCR primers and one probe, primers were designed using Primer3 [13] with the following rules: (1) primer length should be at least 20 bases; (2) product size should not exceed 120 bp in order to decrease the probability of intron interference; (3) the primer Tm should be between 59 °C and 61 °C; (4) the primer GC% should be 40%–60%; and (5) the amplicon contains only one SNP site. Probes were designed using OligoCalc [14] with the following criteria: (1) SNP site locates in the middle of the probe; (2) the length of probe is between 20 and 35 bases; (3) Tm is about 60 °C; (4) the 3′ end of each probe is blocked by two mismatch bases; and (5) no overlap between primes and probe. Each SNP locus was first amplified by an asymmetrical PCR with HRM fluorescent dye in the PCR master mix and then interrogated by an unlabeled probe. The 48 individuals of A. japonicus collected from four natural populations were used for SNP marker validation. PCR amplifications were carried out in a 10 μL reaction mixture containing 20 ng of genomic DNA, 1× PCR buffer, 0.2 mM dNTPs, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 0.5 U Taq DNA polymerase (Takara, Dalian, China), 0.1 μM forward primer, 0.5 μM reverse primer and 1× LCGreen Plus (Idaho technology inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). The amplification was programmed as: an initial denaturation at 95 °C for 5 min, followed by 55 cycles of 95 °C for 40 s, 60 °C for 40 s and 72 °C for 40 s, finishing with a final elongation at 72 °C for 5 min. The PCR products were checked by gel electrophoresis, and those with correct PCR product sizes were then subjected to probe testing. An aliquot of the appropriate probe was added in each reaction to a final concentration of 5 μM. The PCR product and probe mixture were denatured at 95 °C for 15 min and then slowly cooled to 4 °C. HRM genotyping was immediately performed on a Light Scanner instrument (HR96 model, Idaho technology inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) with continuous melting curve acquisition (10 acquisitions per °C) during a 0.1 °C/s ramp from 40 to 95 °C.

 3.3. Data Analysis

Data were retrieved and analyzed using the Light Scanner software followed by manual curation of the obtained genotype calls. POPGENE [15] was used to analyze allele frequency, expected (He) and observed (Ho) heterozygosities, and tests for deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) and linkage disequilibrium (LD).

 4. Conclusions

In summary, 101 gene-based SNPs were successfully developed from the transcriptome sequences of A. japonicus. These developed markers are expected to be useful for future QTL analysis, and to facilitate MAS in A. japonicus.

 Acknowledgments

Financial support for this work was provided by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2011BAD13B05 and 2011BAD13B06), and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2012AA10A412).

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Distribution of SNP minor allele frequency (MAF) for Apostichopus japonicus. The number above each bar was the polymorphic rate in respective MAF categories.

Results of validation and genotyping of candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).

Categories Number of SNPs
Total number of tested SNPs 200
Successful PCR 159
Successful genotype calling 135
 Polymorphic SNPs 101
 Monomorphic SNPs 34
Failed SNPs 65

Characterization of 101 SNPs for the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus.

Locus ID Gene Name Primers and Probes (5′–3′) Size (bp) Ho He MA MAF p-Value
ApjSNP001_CT similar to Mech2 protein F:CCTCAGTCCCAATCACCACTR:ACACTGGCATACACCAGCAAP:CAATGACTTCTCCTTCTCCTACAGCTTCC 98 0.250 0.431 T 0.128 0.239
ApjSNP002_CT Iron-sulfur cluster assembly 2 homolog F:TGAATCAGGCAGTTGTGATGAR:GGTCCAGCTAGTCATGCTTTTP:TCAAAGAAATACACTATTTCATCCGATAAAGCAAG 102 0.231 0.485 C 0.397 0.080
ApjSNP003_AC Protein strawberry notch homolog 2 F:AGCGATTATATCCGATGCAGR:GCTGACCAGGGTAGTTCGACP:TACAAGAGTAGCCAATCAGAGGCGAGC 108 0.431 0.583 A 0.489 0.482
ApjSNP004_AG Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase F:CAGTTGTAACTGCACCTCAGCR:ATGCCTACTTGGATGCCAGAP:ACCACAGGGTGTAGCCAGGTTCGTCAG 70 0.314 0.342 A 0.178 0.578
ApjSNP005_AG Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase F:AGGCATCCCTACGGGTATTTR:ACAGGAATGAAGTGGCTTGGP:TCGCTCTAGTCATTCCGCCTCAACG 70 0.374 0.312 A 0.240 0.857
ApjSNP006_CT Dynein heavy chain 6, axonemal F:GGGAGGTCTTACGAAGTGGAR:CGAGGAGTTCGGAGTAGCTTTP:ACCCTACCGACTGTCGCAGAGAATG 97 0.271 0.273 C 0.384 0.345
ApjSNP007_AG Sodium-dependent phosphate transport protein 2B F:ACCTTGGTGGCAGATATGGAR:TTCAGTGTCCGCAGATTTCTTP:AGTTGAATTAACGGCTCTCGAACCAG 75 0.252 0.432 G 0.287 0.418
ApjSNP008_GT Testis-specific serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 F:CCACAATTAGCGATGGGTTTR:CAAAGCTCCAGGACTTCTGCP:GTTGTAGTGAACGCATTGGTTTAGGAAGGAAAC 102 0.349 0.488 G 0.410 0.058
ApjSNP009_AC Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing F:CTAAAGGGGATCACCACGACR:ATAAGCAGGCTTCCCTTTCGP:ACCTTTCGCCGGCCACGCCCT 94 0.208 0.289 A 0.104 0.365
ApjSNP010_GT Zinc finger protein 62 homolog F:CCACCAGATGTCTTTGATTCGR:TCACGACCAATACTGCTTGGP:AGATCCGACCCATGCAAGACCAAGGT 106 0.428 0.512 G 0.448 0.552
ApjSNP011_AG Kelch-like protein 9 F:CAGTCAGCCTAGCCCTACCAR:TCGTTGACCTTTGGTACTGATGP:GTGCAAACCAATCGCAAGTCATTGTCGT 93 0.500 0.498 G 0.458 0.574
ApjSNP012_CT TATA box-binding protein-associated factor RNA F:CCTTCACTGGTATGGCATGTTR:TGATCCATGTAGGGAGGCTTTP:GTACATTAACTCTCCACAAGCTCCCTTGTA 88 0.314 0.468 T 0.240 0.045
ApjSNP013_AT Protocadherin Fat 3 F:TGTTAGCACCTCTATCAAGGATGAR:TTCCATACCTCCTGCCAATCP:GTTCAAGGACACTTGATGGAAAGTGTAATGATT 102 0.500 0.454 A 0.454 1.000
ApjSNP014_GT Seryl-tRNA synthetase, mitochondrial F:ATTCGTGTCCAGTTCGCAATR:GAGATCGGGCGATATAACCAP:TCATATCAATTTGTGCCTCGAGGATCGAC 96 0.271 0.276 G 0.386 0.346
ApjSNP015_CT Creatine kinase, flagellar F:TCACAGGCCATCGATCATACR:CCTTTTCACCAACCTCTCCAP:TCTAAGAGGTGCTGGTGCCCAGTAC 92 0.436 0.502 C 0.446 0.556
ApjSNP016_AG Fibrinogen-like protein A F:AATGGCCTCAAGAAAGTGGAR:TCCAGTACCTAGATTTGAAGGACAP:GAATTCATGTGGAGTGAGCATCTTGGAAT 108 0.430 0.583 A 0.483 0.497
ApjSNP017_GT Abhydrolase domain-containing protein 14B F:CGGGGTCTACCTCATACAACCR:CCTCCGCCATCTACAGTGTTP:CATATATGGAGCCATTTGCTGTATATTGTAACATG 78 0.293 0.444 T 0.475 0.854
ApjSNP018_AG Apolipoprotein A–I-binding protein F:CATAGGTGTCCAGAAATGTTCGR:TGTCCCATGTCTAAAGCATAACTGP:CACAGAGTTCCCATGGGCAGATAGAAG 93 0.073 0.083 G 0.083 1.000
ApjSNP019_AG N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolyzing F:CGTGCTCGGTTTTAATGTTGR:CATGGTGAAACCTGGTAGACGP:CCAAGCACAACCAGAACCGAGAAATCCA 91 0.688 0.505 A 0.354 0.498
ApjSNP020_AT Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 11 F:AAAGAGGTATCGACCTTGTCCAR:TGCTCGGACTGTATGTTCATCP:TGGAGGAACTTCCAGAAATCAATGCTGAG 109 0.250 0.256 A 0.328 0.857
ApjSNP021_AG Hyalin F:TTCAAGTGGTATCACGAAAACGR:CGTGCTATTGCCTTTGGATTP:GCTGAGGCTTCCAAAAGATGACGATTC 92 0.108 0.333 A 0.290 0.557
ApjSNP022_CG Transmembrane protein 129 F:TGGAATGCCACTAACACCAAR:TTGACACCACACCACCAATCP:TTGATATGTCTGCTGGGCTATTCTGGTA 80 0.442 0.364 G 0.483 0.381
ApjSNP023_CT Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit F:GCTGATGAGCAATCTTCACACTR:CAAGTTTCAGACGGGACCTGP:GTCTTGATTATCCACGAATCTGTGACATACCA 95 0.146 0.505 T 0.489 0.051
ApjSNP024_AG AF339450_1 hillari F:TCCATTGAACGGAGGACTTCR:CAAACATTTCAGCCTTGTGGP:GTCTGGGATGGGATGTAGTCGACACTTA 108 0.419 0.484 A 0.395 0.376
ApjSNP025_AC Proteasome subunit beta type-5 F:TCCAGATCGCTACGGTCTTCR:ACGACCAGGTAGCTGCAGAGP:TGGTGTATCAAGGAAATTCAAACCCAGCTGT 81 0.250 0.250 A 0.423 0.125
ApjSNP026_AG Dynactin subunit 5 F:GCCTGTTGCTGTTAACTTTCGR:CTGGCATGTAACTCTATGAAACTCP:GTTAAGTGAAAGTTGACTGCCTCAGTATTGTA 110 0.316 0.365 A 0.461 0.724
ApjSNP027_AG Apoptosis-inducing factor 2 F:CAGAGAAAGCTGGAGATGATGAR:ATGATTTCAACTGGGCCATCP:GATGATGAACCGCAGAAGGGTTCGAA 88 0.516 0.467 A 0.361 0.324
ApjSNP028_CT Uncharacterized protein C6orf163 F:ATAGTTGGGTGTGGCTTTGCR:CCGATGCAGTGATGGAAATAP:AAATGTCACCTAACTGTGATTGATCCTCGCC 104 0.209 0.190 C 0.105 0.698
ApjSNP029_AT F-box/LRR-repeat protein 2 F:CCGTGATCCTAAATGAGGCTAR:CGCTAAGAGTAAGAGAAAGAAGCAP:GCCTAACCATACTGGATTGGCTAGCAGT 98 0.271 0.237 A 0.135 0.762
ApjSNP030_CT TBC1 domain family member 10B F:CCGGAGACGTAAAAGCACTCR:TCGTCGTGTCTGGTATCCACP:AAGTCTGGACAGCTGTTAGCTAAGGGC 91 0.191 0.174 T 0.095 0.754
ApjSNP031_CG Stejaggregin-A subunit alpha F:ATCGGTGCTAGACCCAAAGAR:TCCTTCTCTGGTGAATTGATTGP:CATCCCAACGACGGACCGATATGGTA 81 0.150 0.245 G 0.264 0.358
ApjSNP032_AC Lysine-specific demethylase 6A F:CGAAGGCAACCAAGTAGGACR:TGCCACCTCGATCATTTTCTP:CGCTGGTGTTAATAACTTCATAGTCCGTTAC 91 0.138 0.833 C 0.383 0.497
ApjSNP033_AG ATP synthase subunit beta, mitochondrial F:GAGTAACAACGGCCCAGAAAR:TACAGTGCCTACACCGGTCAP:GGTCTGACCGCTATTGGGATCAATCTGC 76 0.458 0.467 A 0.232 0.854
ApjSNP034_GT Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 8 F:GGCTTGAAGAAACATGGGTAAR:CCAGTAGATTGCATCTTTCCATCP:TCATGTTCACTTCTTTATACCACACGATGACAT 110 0.292 0.314 G 0.035 1.000
ApjSNP035_CT Uncharacterized protein C7orf26 homolog F:CGGTGGTGAGGTGTCTACATTR:GGAATAGGCAACTCGAGGAAP:GTCGGTGAAGTACGAAGCCTTCATGAA 76 0.449 0.367 T 0.485 0.498
ApjSNP036_AC hypothetical protein F:AAGATGCCAGACAGCAACAAR:CATGACTGCGTCTTCTGCTCP:CAGGAATCTCACAGACGAGAGGGAACT 100 0.545 0.413 C 0.264 0.857
ApjSNP037_AG DNA replication licensing factor MCM8 F:GGAACCGGAGAGATGACAGAR:CCAGCGTCGTCACCTTTTACP:AGAGCAAGATCAACAGAATGAGGACAAAGTA 95 0.492 0.502 A 0.458 0.557
ApjSNP038_AG LRP2-binding protein F:GATGAAAGTACCTGGGAGGAAR:AGCTGATCATCGGTCCATCTP:GGAGATTGAAGATTGATCCCACTGACAAACTC 83 0.750 0.625 G 0.147 0.381
ApjSNP039_AG Endoplasmin F:ATAACGTCGGACGAGCATTCR:AGCAACCACCATCTCTCTGCP:AAGGGTTTGGAGTAAAACAGTCGGATGCCC 76 0.409 0.479 G 0.387 0.051
ApjSNP040_CT heat shock protein 90 kDa beta F:CTTTGAAGATATGATGCCCAAGR:TTGTGTTGCTGCAGGGTTTP:ACTCCGATGACCTGCCTCTCAATGTGA 102 0.348 0.291 C 0.174 0.084
ApjSNP041_CT Titin F:AGCCATCGAGAATGAGAAGCR:TGATGGTCTGTTCGATCCACP:GGTCACCGACTACGACAAGATCTCCTGC 82 0.382 0.314 T 0.192 0.091
ApjSNP042_AG Midasin F:CAGCCTGGAAGACCCTCAGTR:TTGGACTTCCACCATCAGAAP:AACCAGGCTACGATTTCATGGACCGGT 88 0.800 0.691 G 0.291 0.635
ApjSNP043_CT Scavenger receptor cysteine-rich type 1 protein M130 F:GGTTCACAACCTCAGGATGACR:CTTCTGCACACCGCACTTTP:GAAATTACAACCTGCTTTAGTGTCCAGAGATAG 95 0.317 0.505 C 0.476 0.200
ApjSNP044_AC FK506-binding protein 15 F:TCATACACTCAGGGCATCCAR:GCGTAGGCATATGACGAGAGAP:CAGTTTTGTGAGTGTCTTGACAGTGATAGTGG 90 0.583 0.473 A 0.332 0.149
ApjSNP045_AC Titin F:CGTTGAGATCCAAGTCAATGAGR:TGTAGGTGAGTGGTGAACGTGP:TAGAAAGAATGGACAGCGTCCCTGGAGT 105 0.512 0.502 A 0.456 0.897
ApjSNP046_AG Radial spoke head protein 4 homolog A F:GGGGAAGATGAGGTAGAAACGR:GCTCATACCGATTCCTGCTTP:ACTCCCAAACCTACCGGAACTTATGTTTTAGA 81 0.113 0.109 G 0.056 0.623
ApjSNP047_CT Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase beta chain F:TGGCAAATCAATCGGATTCTR:AACGGTTCAATGGTTATCTCTAGGP:CTCAAAGTTTGAGCTTCCAAACCCATGTGGA 102 0.326 0.300 T 0.178 0.653
ApjSNP048_AG Mitochondrial inner membrane protein F:CCGATGAGAGGGGTATTCAAR:CCCCCATTCTCGTCTATCAGP:GGGAGAGGTGGGAGAATATCCAGAGATA 98 0.222 0.468 A 0.361 0.002 *
ApjSNP049_CT Sulfotransferase family cytosolic 1B member 1 F:CCAGGGTAAAGTCAAAGGTCAR:ACTGTAGCCCAGAACGATGCP:TCCTTTCATTTTCCCCTCGTACAAGTCATGT 82 0.524 0.479 T 0.278 0.401
ApjSNP050_CT RalA-binding protein 1 F:GGTTGAGGAGTTCTTGGGAGTR:CATCAGCATGATCCAACACAP:CTGAATGATTTGCCAACTTGTAACTACACCTTAGA 105 0.250 0.408 C 0.275 0.018
ApjSNP051_GT Alpha-amylase B F:TTCGATTCATCTGGTGCTTGR:CTTGACCTTCGCAGGTGTTTP:TGGAGAGAGATCCGTAACATGGTCGAATTGT 107 0.096 0.481 T 0.390 0.005 *
ApjSNP052_GT Putative vitellogenin receptor F:CAGTCTGAAAGAACCACTGAAGAR:CGAGTATAGGAGGCTGAAAACGP:GCCCAGAAGATATCGCCTCTCTTCAAATAGG 98 0.411 0.485 G 0.400 0.758
ApjSNP053_CT UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--peptide F:TCGAAGCTAGATTACTGTGAGCAR:TCTGAAGGAGATGCAGGACAP:TGATTTGGATGGCTCTGGTATAGCACTCA 101 0.071 0.503 T 0.404 0.000 *
ApjSNP054_CT Kanadaptin F:CAAGCCGTACATGAAAGCAAR:TGTCCAGGTACGAGTCATCGP:AGAAGAAGAAGAATTGGGCGGACGATCT 88 0.585 0.506 C 0.489 0.307
ApjSNP055_GT Epidermal growth factor receptor F:TCACGTTCCACCAGATTTTGR:ATGATGGGGGTAATGGCATAP:TGACCAATAGCATATTCGATGTGATGTCACCA 104 0.253 0.435 G 0.424 0.518
ApjSNP056_CT hypothetical protein F:ATGCCACCCTCTTAATCTGGR:CTTGCCTGGGTTTTCCATACP:TCAGACCGGTGCTTCTGACAGTACATT 107 0.125 0.117 T 0.318 0.442
ApjSNP057_CG RuvB-like 2 F:CCATAACACCGATGACACCAR:GAAGCTGATAAGATGGAAGTAGCCP:CATTGTCAAGGCAGTCATCTTGTCAGGA 108 0.295 0.388 C 0.258 0.159
ApjSNP058_AG Eyes absent homolog 1 F:CGTATCCCGTACCACAACCTR:AACCCGTAGGGAACCTGACTP:GGTGTGCAACCAAACGCTGGGTACGG 79 0.400 0.501 G 0.247 0.485
ApjSNP059_CT WD repeat and FYVE domain-containing protein 3 F:TTCCAGGGATTTGACAGAGGR:TGGCATCTAAAGCTGCTAGTCTP:TCCAGGAGAGATCCTAGGGTGTACTGGG 110 0.530 0.500 C 0.446 0.984
ApjSNP060_AT similar to LOC398543 protein F:CCACTACACATCGGTGACCAR:CATCTCCTTCCGATAACACAGTTP:AGATGAAGAATGTATTATTAACGCTGCACACT 110 0.095 0.433 A 0.309 0.008 *
ApjSNP061_CT Coiled-coil domain-containing protein C6orf97 F:GCTGTTGCCGATGAAACAATR:CAAATTGAACGAGATGGAGACAP:AGAATATCCTGCCTTGGGATAACGTAAACC 110 0.479 0.447 T 0.329 0.489
ApjSNP062_CT Uncharacterized gene 48 protein F:CAGAAGGATAAAGTCCAAGAGACCR:TTCTCCTTTCTGTCCATCCTGP:ACAGGCCTATAGCTACGATCAGGAATCG 86 0.182 0.220 T 0.198 0.809
ApjSNP063_AT Uncharacterized protein C2orf73 homolog F:CACATGTGTCACCTCTGGCTAR:ACTGGAACAGCGCCTTTAGAP:CAGCTCAAACCCTCACAACTATGCAAG 73 0.479 0.586 A 0.311 0.252
ApjSNP064_AT Methionine synthase F:TCGATACCCTTCACCAAAGAATR:CGAGGGTCTTGGGAAAGGAP:CCAGGCTTCATCATCAACAGCTTTCTAA 103 0.486 0.495 T 0.432 0.654
ApjSNP065_CT Tubulin alpha chain F:CATAGCTTCGGTGGTGGAACR:GCTTCGATTTCTTGCCGTAGP:GGATTTGCAGCTCTACTTCTTGAACGCG 85 0.061 0.091 T 0.091 1.000
ApjSNP066_AG TATA element modulatory factor F:TGGTGCTCAGCTGAATCTGTR:TGGTCTCTTCGTGAGCCTCTP:GAAACAACAAGACAACCTCGAGAGGCTT 86 0.415 0.100 G 0.321 0.007 *
ApjSNP067_AG TATA element modulatory factor F:GCAACTGGAGGCAGAGAGAGR:GGCCTGCTCGAGTTTACCTP:AGAGACCAAGGAAGAGCTGGAAGAGAA 79 0.315 0.400 A 0.206 0.486
ApjSNP068_CT Uncharacterized protein KIAA1704 homolog F:TGACACCTATGGACCGTCTCTR:GGAGGTAATGGTGGACCAAAP:GGATTCAAAGGTGTCGACAAAGAGTCTGAAC 90 0.412 0.504 C 0.477 0.135
ApjSNP069_CT WD repeat-containing protein KIAA1875 F:GGGTCTTCCAGCCAATGATAR:ACCACGGCTACGTTTGAGTCP:TACTGGTTGATCGCTCTGGAAGAAACAGGA 103 0.326 0.225 C 0.471 0.390
ApjSNP070_AG Glycoprotein 3-alpha-l-fucosyltransferase A F:CCAGGAAGGGGTAGACTTGCR:ATCTCGCCGTTCAAGTTGTTP:CTCAGGAAGTTCTAGAGAGGAAGGATGTC 102 0.528 0.469 G 0.334 0.051
ApjSNP071_AG N/A F:CGAAACTATAGTGACCTCTTGGTTAR:CAAGCCCTAGTCTCTTCATTCGP:CAGAATTTCTCTCGAAGTCCTTTGCCAG 104 0.364 0.470 A 0.364 0.189
ApjSNP072_AG N/A F:GAGTTAGACCCTCGGCTAGGTAR:GCAAAGAGCCTAGCCTTTAGGTP:TGCATCAGTACTAGCAGCATGGAAAACT 87 0.388 0.412 G 0.333 0.247
ApjSNP073_AG N/A F:AAATGTACAGACCCGCATGAR:CTGGAAAAACAGTGTGAACCAAP:TGTAAAATTAATGAGCCGTTCGAACCAAGAG 107 0.225 0.309 A 0.188 0.104
ApjSNP074_AT N/A F:GATGGTGAAAATCACGGAGAAR:TTCTATGTCTTGTTGATGCAGAGACP:CACAATAACCTGGAAATATCAACCTTAGAAGAATTCA 103 0.300 0.404 A 0.275 0.108
ApjSNP075_AT N/A F:GACCACGATGACAGCCAGTAR:CTCGCCAAGTCAGGAAAAAGP:AGGATCGTCATTCGGGCACTCTTGG 95 0.630 0.879 T 0.450 0.328
ApjSNP076_CT N/A F:AACTCTCGATGGAATGCAAAGR:AACAGACTCGGTCGCATCTCP:GATAGTTCTGACAGCGATTTAGGAGACTAA 108 0.175 0.392 C 0.263 0.001 *
ApjSNP077_CT N/A F:AACCATCCTGTAGCGAAACCR:CGGGGACGAGGATATTGTTAP:GTGTTGAATGAAGTCGTTCGCGTAAATGC 103 0.175 0.339 T 0.213 0.004 *
ApjSNP078_GT N/A F:GCCAAGCAACATACAGAAGGAR:TAGTTGGGCTGTCTTGCTGAP:TTGCTGCATTAATGTTTAGATGATGATGTGTCT 87 0.563 0.907 T 0.487 0.637
ApjSNP079_AG N/A F:TGGGCAGAAGAAAATTTGGAR:GAGTGGCACATGACTTGGTGP:CTGCAATTGGACAACCCCATGCTCAT 99 0.475 0.469 G 0.375 0.084
ApjSNP080_CT N/A F:GGGCGCTATCAGACTTTGACR:GCACCCTCTATTTTAGCTGTTCAP:TCTTGCTAGCTAATGGGAAAGAACGTTAT 110 0.200 0.292 C 0.175 0.062
ApjSNP081_CT N/A F:CTGGTTGCAATAGGTTATTTGGR:TGAATACATGCCGTTTCTGAP:GTTGGATTCAGAACACAGACTGCCATTCC 103 0.075 0.073 C 0.038 0.780
ApjSNP082_CT N/A F:CAGAAACGGCATGTATTCAAACR:CCCGACCACAAGGAAAGATAP:AGGGGAGTTTGTGATGACAAATTGTTGCAG 94 0.500 0.404 C 0.275 0.098
ApjSNP083_AC N/A F:CACGATGCCCTGTGTGTAATR:GTCGGCCTCCTGACTAACAGP:GCGCAGCAGAAACGGCGTGGA 108 0.325 0.453 C 0.338 0.073
ApjSNP084_CG N/A F:GGGTGGTGCATTTTCTTCATR:TGGCTTCAGTTACACCATCCTP:ATCCTTGTGGTCGCCTGATCTTGTGTT 75 0.150 0.444 G 0.325 0.000 *
ApjSNP085_AG N/A F:CGTCATTCGCTCCAAATACCR:GTCGTAGAGAGACATAACGATAACTGAP:CCATAATGCATAGTGGCTGCAGCATAA 110 0.833 0.896 A 0.487 0.093
ApjSNP086_AG N/A F:CGACAATATACTACAAATGCCCTGTR:GATGATGAATGGGTTGTTTGTGP:CAAGGCGAGTTCGTCACACGAAAAGT 83 0.050 0.461 G 0.350 0.000 *
ApjSNP087_AC N/A F:CACTCTGGCCTTGCACTCTTR:TGTGAGAACAATAGGTTCACAGGTP:GGGCAAACTGATGTCATGTTCACAGGTATGT 109 0.450 0.353 C 0.225 0.252
ApjSNP088_AG N/A F:ATGAAGCATGCGTGAATGAGR:CGATTTCACTGCTGTCATCAAP:AACTGTGGAGATGGTAACATATTCTATGAAGAGAA 83 0.250 0.222 G 0.125 0.256
ApjSNP089_AG N/A F:TGGTGAGAAGCATCCACAGAR:GTTGTTTTGAAGGCACTGATGAP:AAGTTCTTAAATGCAGAACTGGGTCAGAACA 93 0.325 0.468 A 0.363 0.051
ApjSNP090_CT N/A F:TTGTACCGAGAAAGGGATGTTTR:CCTGAACAACATCTGCCTGAP:AGAGTATATTTCAAACGAAAACGGGAGTAGGGT 110 0.161 0.373 T 0.242 0.002 *
ApjSNP091_CT N/A F:TGCGTCATTCTAACCAACCAR:AACACTTATGTAGGCGAGTCTTGAP:CAAAGCGCTTCATTTTCACAGCAACTA 102 0.200 0.380 C 0.250 0.004 *
ApjSNP092_CT N/A F:TGACTGGACGTCAGATGTGGR:GTGGGCTTCCAGACACAGATP:GGTTGCATCAAGGTCCCTGGGTACATACA 81 0.075 0.073 C 0.038 0.780
ApjSNP093_AG N/A F:TGAAATGTGGTGTGACTTGCR:TGTGTGACTTCAGCATCTCTGTP:GAATTGTATAATTGGATGCTGTGTGTCACTTAT 80 0.222 0.282 G 0.167 0.227
ApjSNP094_GT N/A F:TCTGCTAAGTTGTTGAGAGGATGR:CGAACGGTTGGTATTTGTGAP:TTCTGGTCACTTGCCCCAGGTTCCAC 108 0.171 0.358 T 0.229 0.003 *
ApjSNP095_AG N/A F:ATTTGCGGCTCTTCTGTTCAR:TGAAGTGAACTCACCCACGAP:AAACTTGGCAACGAAGACGTCAGCAT 110 0.225 0.367 A 0.238 0.018
ApjSNP096_CT N/A F:TCATTCCTGTATTGCTACTACTCTGTGR:TGTGGTATGCCCATCGATTTP:TAAACAATAGTACTTAATGGCATTGAAGACAACAAAC 109 0.333 0.491 C 0.409 0.060
ApjSNP097_CG N/A F:CACAGTGATGTGTATGTACGTTCGR:GACCTTCGCTTTGTGCCTACP:ACACACCGTATATACCGAATCTGGAAATTATCTT 94 0.316 0.337 C 0.211 0.698
ApjSNP098_CT N/A F:CTGTGTCAGAGAGGAAGAGTGCR:CGAAAGCTATTTCAAACCCAGTP:GGGTACTATCAAAATTGACTCACAAAGCGAC 107 0.158 0.147 C 0.079 0.512
ApjSNP099_AG N/A F:GACCTTCTGCTCTGCCTGACR:CGGATATCAACAAACCAGAGCP:TCCTCATCTTCGGTGTCTTGCGAAC 97 0.075 0.162 G 0.088 0.080
ApjSNP100_GT N/A F:TCCACTGAGCCATCCTGATTR:GAAGAAAAACATGTCCCGATGP:AGTGGCTCCCCCTGGAATGTAATCCTG 103 0.505 0.547 T 0.458 0.279
ApjSNP101_GT N/A F:CTGCTGAAGTATGACAACATTAGAGACR:CTAGTACTTTCTTCTTCAGTAGTTGGP:CTATTGAAAGCTCGATAGGCACATCCTG 109 0.075 0.240 T 0.138 0.000 *

The underlined bases in the probe sequences indicated the positions of the SNPs; Ho, observed heterozygosity; He, expected heterozygosity; MA, minor allele; MAF, minor allele frequency; PHWE, P values for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) test;

, statistically significant after sequential Bonferroni correction.