Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 185-187Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01187.x
Keywords
energy crop; genetic diversity; polyploid; simple sequence repeat
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Switchgrass is a large, North American, perennial grass that is being evaluated as a potential energy crop. There is a need to assess genetic diversity in stored accessions and in remaining native stands to assist breeding and conservation efforts. Marker development will also be necessary for genetic linkage mapping. Toward this end, 32 switchgrass genic di-, tri- and tetranucleotide repeat microsatellites were identified from expressed sequence tags (ESTs). These microsatellites were used to screen individuals from two different named cultivars. The markers displayed a high level of polymorphism consistent with the tetraploid, allogamous behaviour of the cultivars tested.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available