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Characterisation of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris) varieties using microsatellite markers.
BMC genetics - 18 May 2010
Smulders Marinus J M, Esselink G Danny, Everaert Isabelle, De Riek Jan, Vosman Ben
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sugar beet is an obligate outcrossing species. Varieties consist of mixtures of plants from various parental combinations. As the number of informative morphological characteristics is limited, this leads to some problems in variety registration research. RESULTS: We have developed 25 new microsatellite markers for sugar beet. A selection of 12 markers with high quality patterns was used to...
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