Asymmetric single-strand conformation polymorphism: An accurate and cost-effective method to amplify and sequence allelic variants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1061-1067

  Rodríguez, Flor ^a,b,c   Cai, Danying ^a,b   Teng, Yuanwen ^b   Spooner, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Asymmetric PCR; PCR recombination; Polyploids; Single strand conformation polymorphism; SSCP; Symmetric PCR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLONAL ORGANISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROKINESIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POLYPLOIDY; RECOMBINATION;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECONOMICS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOLANUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; POLYPLOIDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SOLANUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858382820     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000251     Document Type: Article

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