Characterization of seedling proteomes and development of markers to distinguish the Brassica A and C genomes

The diploid species Brassica rapa （genome AA） and B. oleracea （genome CC） were compared by full-scale proteome analyses of seedling. A total of 28.2% of the proteins was common to both species, indicating the existence of a basal or ubiquitous proteome. However, a number of discriminating proteins （32.0%） and specific proteins （39.8%） of the Brassica A and C genomes, respectively, were identified, which could represent potentially species-specific functions. Based on these A or C genome-specific proteins, a number of PCR-based markers to distinguish B. rapa and B. oleracea species were also developed.