Table 3

Number of rare, common, and most frequent alleles detected in composite collection and reference set of chickpea

Allele type

Composite collection

Reference set

Alleles representing in composite collection and reference set

Rare allele

935 (55.5)

463 (35.2)

417 (38.3)

Common allele

720 (42.8)

826 (62.8)

650 (59.7)

Most frequent allele

28 (1.7)

26 (2.0)

22 (2.0)

Total

1683

1315

1089

Rare allele < 1%, common allele ≥ 1% – ≤ 20%, most frequent allele >20%; figures in parenthesis represents proportion of alleles within composite collection and reference set

Upadhyaya et al. BMC Plant Biology 2008 8:106   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-8-106