Simple-sequence repeat (SSR) markers of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) are highly polymorphic and transferable to peach and almond

• Published in: Molecular ecology notes Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 163 - 166
• Main Authors: Mnejja, M., Garcia-Mas, J., Howad, W., Badenes, M. L., Arús, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01-06-2004
• Subjects: Japanese plum; microsatellites; polymorphism; Prunus amygdalus; Prunus persica; Prunus salicina
• ISSN: 1471-8278; 1471-8286
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00603.x

Thirty‐five polymorphic microsatellites were developed using a CT/AG enriched genomic library of Japanese plum cv. Santa Rosa. Twenty‐seven of them detected a single locus and eight two or more loci. A high level of variability was observed in a set of eight cultivars for the 27 single‐locus microsatellites: 5.7 average number of alleles per locus; 73% mean observed heterozygosity and 74% discrimination power. Most SSRs were transferable to peach (85%) and almond (78%).