Polymorphic chloroplast microsatellite markers in the octoploid lepidium meyenii (Brassicaceae) and cross-species amplification in Lepidium

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 85-88

  Hasan, Nabeeh A ^a   Mummenhoff, Klaus ^b   Quiros, Carlos F ^c   Tay, C David ^d   Bailey, C Donovan ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

cpSSR; Lepidium meyenii; Maca; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CROP PLANT; DICOTYLEDON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MEDICINAL PLANT; TAXONOMY;

BRASSICACEAE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

EID: 78049300096     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000225     Document Type: Article

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