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              Resources named as Lun1, Lun2, Lun3, Lun4, and
            
            
              Lun5. The F
            
            
              1
            
            
              generations were planted with seeds
            
            
              which were collected from Luntai National Research
            
            
              Station of Xinjiang Fruit Germplasm Resources. The
            
            
              leaves of the maternal plants and F
            
            
              1
            
            
              generations were
            
            
              collected and stored at
            
            
              -
            
            
              80
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              for DNA isolation.
            
            
              
                3.2 SCAR primers
              
            
            
              According to the previous report of our laboratory, we
            
            
              designed a pair of primers for SCAR. They were
            
            
              synthesized by Shanghai Sangon Biotechnology Co.
            
            
              Ltd. (Shanghai, China). The sequences of primers
            
            
              used in this experience were as follows: P1: 5'
            
            
              -
            
            
              ACTG
            
            
              GGACTCCAATTGTATC
            
            
              -
            
            
              3'; P2: 5'
            
            
              -
            
            
              ACTGGGACT
            
            
              CTCAACTAT
            
            
              -
            
            
              3'.
            
            
              
                3.3 DNA isolation
              
            
            
              Total DNA of the maternal plants and F
            
            
              1
            
            
              generations
            
            
              were extracted by CTAB method descried by Zhang
            
            
              (2003). And it was detected on the 1% agarose gel
            
            
              electrophoresis and diluted to 20 ng/µL with TE, then
            
            
              compared with the Marker (GM335). And then stored
            
            
              at
            
            
              -
            
            
              20
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              for later use.
            
            
              
                3.4 Cloning and sequencing
              
            
            
              The volume of the reaction system for PCR was 20 µL
            
            
              as followins: 13.4 µL ddH
            
            
              2
            
            
              O, 2 µL 10×buffer without
            
            
              Mg
            
            
              2+
            
            
              , 0.4 µL 10 µmol/L dNTPs, 1 µL primer, 2 µL
            
            
              DNA templates and 0.2 µL
            
            
              
                Taq
              
            
            
              polymerase. After
            
            
              mixed, the reaction solution was separated slightly in
            
            
              micro centrifuge, and then was placed in PCR thermal
            
            
              cycler. The PCR procedure was as follows: 94
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              for 3 min, and then 30 cycles at 94
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              for 30 s, 55
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              for 30 s, and 72
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              for 80 s, with a final extension step
            
            
              at 72
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              for 7 min, and insulation work at 4
            
            
              ℃
            
            
              . The
            
            
              PCR products were separated on 1.2% agarose gels
            
            
              electrophoresis for recovery. Then cloned into PMD
            
            
              19
            
            
              -
            
            
              T vector, and finally transformed into XL1-Blue.
            
            
              After the production was induced by IPTG and X-gal,
            
            
              white colonies were identified by PCR and the positive
            
            
              colonies were sequenced.
            
            
              
                3.5 Amplification of SCAR molecular marker in
              
            
            
              
                maternal plants and F
              
            
            
              
                1
              
            
            
              
                generations
              
            
            
              The maternal plants and F
            
            
              1
            
            
              generations were amplified
            
            
              with P1 and P2, the amplification condition and system
            
            
              of PCR as 3.4.
            
            
              
                Authors' contributions
              
            
            
              CXY and JXN conceived the experimental design and
            
            
              objectives of all the experiments, conducted the data analyses,
            
            
              and wrote the manuscript. JQL, LW, RL and HPZ conducted a
            
            
              few data analyses and took an active part in experimental
            
            
              design method. All authors have read and approved the
            
            
              manuscript.
            
            
              
                Acknowledgments
              
            
            
              This research was supported by the National Natural Science
            
            
              Foundation of China (No. 30560090) and the important
            
            
              National Science and Technology Specific Projects of Xinjiang
            
            
              (No. 201130102-1-4)
            
            
              
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