The use of polymorphic microsatellites for assessing genetic diversity in coconut
Karp, Angela
(1999)
The use of polymorphic microsatellites for assessing genetic diversity in coconut.
In:
Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology.
1 ed.
Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 121-129.
Microsatellites, or Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) are short tandemly repeated sequence motifs of circa 1–8 bp in length, which are scattered in abundance throughout the genome and can vary between individuals in repeat length. High frequencies of polymorphism have been described for microsatellites in cultivated and natural populations of several plant species (Morgante and Olivieri, 1993; Saghai-Maroof et al., 1994; Chase et al., 1996; Gupta et al., 1996; Powell et al., 1996) making them attractive markers for studies of intraspecific variation.
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| Additional information | awaiting e-copy Karp, A. (1999). The use of polymorphic microsatellites for assessing genetic diversity in coconut. In: Oropeza, C., Verdeil, J.L., Ashburner, G.R., Cardeña, R., Santamaría, J.M. (eds) Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9283-3_9 |
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