Article
Rate and pattern of mutation at microsatellite loci in maize.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 2002
Vigouroux Yves, Jaqueth Jennifer S, Matsuoka Yoshihiro, Smith Oscar S, Beavis William D, Smith J Stephen C, Doebley John
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellites are important tools for plant breeding, genetics, and evolution, but few studies have analyzed their mutation pattern in plants. In this study, we estimated the mutation rate for 142 microsatellite loci in maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) in two different experiments of mutation accumulation. The mutation rate per generation was estimated to be 7.7 x 10(-4) for microsatellites with dinucleotide repeat...
Topics
- Alleles
- Genes, Plant
- Genotype
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Mutation
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Zea mays