ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL Fine mapping of the dull fruit skin gene D in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) MOLECULAR BREEDING Xu-Qin Yang1, Wei-wei Zhang2, Yue Li1, Huan-Le He1, Bei-Bei Bie1, Guo-Liang Ren1, Jun-Long Zhao1, Yun-Li Wang1, Jing-Tao Nie1, Jun-Song Pan1*, Run Cai1* 1 School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China 2 Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China * Corresponding authors. J.S. Pan, E-mail: jspan71@sjtu.edu.cn; R. Cai, E-mail: cairun@sjtu.edu.cn Supplementary Table S1 The primers used to construct the genetic map of the dull fruit skin gene D Markers Forward primer sequences(5’-3’) Reverse primer sequences(5’-3’) Polymorphism SSR04812 AGATATGTAGACCATCCAAAGCA TCTTTTCATACGTGGGTCCTG Co-dominant SSR07100 CACACCATTTACGGTTATGGG CATTTGGTTCAGAAAGGGGA Co-dominant SSR03529 TGAATTGAATAGACACAACAATATGC ACATGTTGGGACTCCATGTG Co-dominant SSR16068 TATAACCCCGTCTTCTCCCC GGGAAACCCCTTTGACTCTC Co-dominant SCZ24 CCGGAGCTGTGTAATGGAAGAA AATTTGAGATATAACCTACGTGA Co-dominant SCZ69 TTCCGAAAGCAGGAGAGTCAAT GCCAGATTTGGTATATCAAACAG Dominant SSR16203 TCGAGGTAAATCAAAACCGA ATGTGTCAAACCCACCCATT Co-dominant SSR04142 GCAAAAGTAGAAAAGCGCGA TGTTGTCATTACCAAATTGATTCT Co-dominant SSR15818 GGACATGTCAACTCCCCTGT GCCTCTAGCCTGAAAGACCA Co-dominant SSR15321 TCAATGTAGGTAGAGCACCACG TCCAATTGCTTGACCAATGA Co-dominant SSR04644 CCAAAAGCTTTCTCAAATAATGG CTCTGCTCTCCATTTACGCC Co-dominant Note: These 11 markers were reported in Zhang et al. (2012). Supplementary Table S2 The primers used for semi-quantitative RT-PCR ananlysis of 31 candidate genes Genes ID Forward primer sequences(5’-3’) Reverse primer sequences(5’-3’) Csa016877 TCAGTCGTCGTTCCAGTTT CCCATAGCGGATTTCAGT Csa016878 AAGAAAGTCAGAAGTGAAGGTG AAGTGGTATGCTCCCAAAGA Csa016879 CGTTCTCATTTTAGCATTTG CCATAGAACCACAGCGACT Csa016880 ATTGAACCAAAGGCTACTATGT GCAACAACCCTCATTTTCTC Csa016881 TACGGAGGAAGGGTAGAGAT CTGGATAACACTGCCAATAA Csa016882 TCTTTCTAACCTCAAAACCAA CAGTTCCCATCTCCATCTT Csa016883 TACCAAACTTTCGCTCCTG CTAAATGGAAAGGGTGGC Csa016884 CAGTGCTCTTCTTAGTGGGTAT TTGGAATGATGCTGCTTT Csa016885 ATGGCACTTTGCTCTTCTG AACCTTGCCAGATTCAGC Csa016886 CTCGAAGCAAATCACATAAG TTTCTCTTCAATCAACAGCA Csa016887 TACTGGATAAACTGAGGAGATA GCTTTGTAACTTGGCTTCC Csa016888 TTGTTGGGACATTGGGATA ATGGGAGTCTGCTATTCTTG Csa016889 TTAGTGGTGGCTTTACGAA GCACCAAAAGCAGAGAAA Csa016890 TCTCCTACGCTACAGTTTCAC TCTTCTTCAAATCTTCTCGTT Csa016891 ATCCACAGAGGGAGGTCA TATTGACACGACCCAAGTTAT Csa016892 TGGTGTGATGACCCCGAC GATAAAACTACCGAAGATGCTC Csa016893 CTTCACAGTCCCATCGTCT CTCAACGATGACGAAAAGC Csa016894 GATTTCAATGCCCACGAC TGACTTTGGCAGCGGTAG Csa016895 AACTACCAACCTAACCCTGA CTTGGAGTCTTCATTAGTGCT Csa016896 AGGTTCCCCTTCTGCGTA CCATACCGACCTGGAGTTC Csa016897 ATCAATGACTTGTAATGGGACT CAAATAATGTTGCGAGTCCT Csa016898 CAGGGATGGCGAGAAGTG TTCTTTACTCCCTCTCTTCAGC Csa016899 AATAAATGCCTGAAAGATGAG ATGCCATCAACAAACTCTTC Csa016900 ATGAGCCAAATAACAACCG CGCCCTTCCCTACACTGA Csa016901 AAGGCAGCAGGCTATGTG TGACAATCACCACAAACTCGT Csa016902 TCCCTACGGTTGAGATTTC GCTCCTTGACCGTGTATCT Csa016903 CTGCTTCATCTGGGTTCTAAT CCACCTCTGATTCCTCCA Csa016904 TAGATGTGGCTGTTTCGC CTGGTTTGAGTTGCCTTTT Csa016905 GAAGAAGGTCCAACAGAGC CTAAGTCGTCCACTCCCAT Csa016906 TTAGCGAGGTTCCAGTTAGA ACTCCTTCCATTCCCTCAA Csa016907 TATTCAACATTGTCGGCG AGCAAGATTCAACTCCTGTG Actin TCGTGCTGGATTCTGGTG GGCAGTGGTGGTGAACAT Note: The primer sequences of cucumber Actin gene were reported in Li et al. (2009). Supplementary Table S3 The 72 cucumber lines examined for the D/d locus using the SSR markers SSR37 and SSR112 Markes Lines Origin D/G SSR37 SSR112 S106 America D A S107 America D 83H America 83G Markes Lines Origin D/G SSR37 SSR112 A S02 Holand G B B A A S17-2 Holand G B B D A A S23 Holand G B B America D A A S46 Holand G B B S42 Spain G B B S46-1 Holand G B B S75 Spain G B B S46-2 Holand D A B▲ S76 Spain G B B S49-1 Holand G B B M3 China D A A S49-2 Holand G B B M12 China D A A S51-2 Holand G B B Gl China D A A S55-1 Holand G B B B52 China D A A S152-11 Holand D A B▲ S52 China D B▲ B▲ S159-13 Holand G B B S57 China G B B C17-1 Holand G B B B C17-2 Holand G B B S58 China G A▲ S59-3 China G B B S66 Japan D A A S60 China D A A S67 Japan D A A S61-2 China D A A S69-2 Japan D A A S80 China G B B S73-3 Japan D A A S82 China G B B S74 Japan D A A S94 China D A A S109-6 Japan D A A S103 China D A A S118-1 Japan D A A S105 China D A A L397-1 Japan G B B S110 China D A A S397-20 Japan G B B S122-2 China G B B S414 Japan G B B S122-16 China G B B S03 Israel G B B SB-1 China D A A S05 Israel G B B C19 France D A B▲ S06 Israel G B B C21 France D A A S36 Israel G B B H34 European G B B S45 Israel G B B S34 European G B B S45-1 Israel G B B S35-1 European G B B S45-2 Israel G B B S124-5 European D A A S47 Israel D A B▲ S124-6 European G B B S48-1 Israel G B B S125-5 European G B B S48-3 Israel G B B S126-2 European G B B S53 Korean D A A S127-21 European G B B S112-7 Korean D A A D: dull fruit phenotype, G: glossy fruit phenotype. Marker genotype designation: A, dull fruit allele; B, glossy fruit allele. ▲ Disagreement between marker and phenotype.