TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Mace, E S
A1  - Godwin, I D
TI  - Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in taro (Colocasia esculenta)
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/G02-045
JF  - Genome
SN  - 1480-3321
PB  - National Research Council Canada
N1  - The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
(ACIAR) project CS2/94/43, and the collaboration received
through the AusAID-funded Taro Genetic Resources project.
Additonally, the technical support provided by Dr. Giovanni
Cordeiro and Dr. Tina Maguire is gratefully acknowledged.
N2  - 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.
Y1  - 2002///
SP  - 823
ID  - icrisat1542
EP  - 832
VL  - 45
IS  - 5
ER  -