relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/1542/
title: Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in taro (Colocasia esculenta)
creator: Mace, E S
creator: Godwin, I D
subject: Genetics and Genomics
description: Microsatellite-containing sequences were isolated from enriched genomic libraries of taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott). The sequencing of 269 clones yielded 77 inserts containing repeat motifs. The majority of these (81.7%) were dinucleotide or trinucleotide repeats. The GT/CA repeat motif was the most common, accounting for 42% of all repeat types. From a total of 43 primer pairs designed, 41 produced markers within the expected size range. Sixteen (39%) were polymorphic when screened against a restricted set of taro genotypes from Southeast Asia and Oceania, with an average of 3.2 alleles detected on each locus. These markers represent a useful resource for taro germplasm management, genome mapping, and marker-assisted selection.
publisher: National Research Council Canada
date: 2002
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/1542/1/Genome45_5_823-832_2002.pdf
identifier:   Mace, E S and Godwin, I D  (2002) Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in taro (Colocasia esculenta).  Genome, 45 (5).  pp. 823-832.  ISSN 1480-3321     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/G02-045