Traditional agriculture

Genetic diversity among air yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) varieties based on single sequence repeat markers

D. M. Silva, Siqueira, M. V. B. M., Carrasco, N. F., Mantello, C. C., Nascimento, W. F., Veasey, E. A., Silva, D. M., Siqueira, M. V. B. M., Carrasco, N. F., Mantello, C. C., Nascimento, W. F., and Veasey, E. A., Genetic diversity among air yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) varieties based on single sequence repeat markers, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Dioscorea is the largest genus in the Dioscoreaceae family, and includes a number of economically important species including the air yam, D. bulbifera L. This study aimed to develop new single sequence repeat primers and characterize the genetic diversity of local varieties that originated in several municipalities of Brazil. We developed an enriched genomic library for D. bulbifera resulting in seven primers, six of which were polymorphic, and added four polymorphic loci developed for other Dioscorea species.

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