<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Compilation of an informative microsatellite set for genetic characterisation of East African finger millet (Eleusine coracana)</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S M</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">De Villiers</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">V N</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Michael</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">E O</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Manyasa</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A N</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Saiyiorri</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Deshpande</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Genetic diversity of finger millet (Eleusine coracana), a nutritious neglected staple cereal in Africa&#13;
and South Asia is largely uncharacterized. This study analysed 82 published SSR markers for finger millet&#13;
across 10 diverse accessions to compile an informative set for genetic characterisation. Extensive optimization&#13;
compared single samples with bulked leaf or bulked DNA samples for capturing within accession genetic&#13;
diversity. The markers were evaluated to determine (1) how efficiently they amplified target loci during&#13;
high-throughput genotyping with a generic PCR protocol, (2) ease of scoring PCR products and (3)&#13;
polymorphism and ability to discern genetic diversity within the tested finger millet germplasm.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Finger Millet</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2015-03</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>