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Characterization and transferability of microsatellite markers of the cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea).
BMC plant biology - 27 Feb 2007
Gimenes Marcos A, Hoshino Andrea A, Barbosa Andrea V G, Palmieri Dario A, Lopes Catalina R
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BACKGROUND: The genus Arachis includes Arachis hypogaea (cultivated peanut) and wild species that are used in peanut breeding or as forage. Molecular markers have been employed in several studies of this genus, but microsatellite markers have only been used in few investigations. Microsatellites are very informative and are useful to assess genetic variability, analyze mating systems and in genetic mapping. The...
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