Characterization of a Wheat Breeders' Array suitable for high-throughput SNP genotyping of global accessions of hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).

Targeted selection and inbreeding have resulted in a lack of genetic diversity in elite hexaploid bread wheat accessions. Reduced diversity can be a limiting factor in the breeding of high yielding varieties and crucially can mean reduced resilience in the face of changing climate and resource pressures. Recent technological advances have enabled the development of molecular markers for use in the assessment and utilization of genetic diversity in hexaploid wheat.

Homozygosity mapping through whole genome analysis identifies a COL18A1 mutation in an Indian family presenting with an autosomal recessive neurological disorder.

The use of genome wide genotyping arrays has the potential to assess entire groups of genetic disorders in one application and has begun to emerge as an aid to diagnosis in clinical practice. Recessive families may suffer from diseases because of homozygosity of recessive alleles; homozygosity tracks can be easily identified by using these high throughput SNPs arrays, allowing the rapid mapping of autozygous segments that may be associated with the disease. According to this, we performed homozygosity mapping using genome wide SNP arrays in a North Indian family with an autosomal recessive disorder of ataxia, epilepsy, cognitive decline and visual problems.