BMC Plant Biology

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Genetic diversity of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and its wild relatives based on the analysis of hypervariable regions of the genome

Marcio C Moretzsohn1*, Mark S Hopkins2, Sharon E Mitchell3, Stephen Kresovich3, Jose FM Valls1 and Marcio E Ferreira1,4

Author Affiliations

1 Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, C.P. 02372, 70.770-900, Brasília-DF, Brazil

2 USDA-ARS, Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223, U.S.A

3 Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

4 Catholic University of Brasília, CAMPUS II – SGAN Quadra 916, Módulo B, Av. W5 Norte – Brasília, DF, CEP: 70790-160, Brazil

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BMC Plant Biology 2004, 4:11 doi:10.1186/1471-2229-4-11

Published: 14 July 2004

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Additional File 1:

List of the 67 microsatellite markers for genetic analysis of Arachis spp. Marker sequences, repeat motifs, and annealing temperature (Ta) for the 67 newly developed SSR markers

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Additional File 2:

Arachis spp. accessions analyzed in this study. Numbers in parenthesis, after the specific names, correspond to numbers included in the dendrogram (Figure 2). *Genome types of Arachis hypogaea accessions were defined according to the genotypes obtained with marker Ah-041.

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Additional File 3:

Transferability of SSR markers developed for A. hypogaea across 45 wild species of Arachis. This file contains a table that lists the markers that amplified visible products for each of the 49 accessions of the Arachis wild species included in the study.

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