A male-specific SCAR marker in Calamus simplicifolius, a dioecious rattan species endemic to China

A male-specific SCAR marker (CsMale1) was developed in the dioecious rattan species Calamus simplicifolius. The marker was 509 bp in size and had a GC content of 50.1%. The sequence contained two open reading frames, indicating that CsMale1 represented probably a coding genome region. No highly similar sequence was found within the GenBank database. The SCAR marker could be used for precise and quick identification of plant sex types in C. simplicifolius, especially at very early developmental stages.