How much effort is required to isolate nuclear microsatellites from plants?

J Squirrell, PM Hollingsworth, M Woodhead… - Molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The attributes of codominance, reproducibility and high resolution have all contributed
towards the current popularity of nuclear microsatellites as genetic markers in molecular …

Wind-borne insects mediate directional pollen transfer between desert fig trees 160 kilometers apart

S Ahmed, SG Compton, RK Butlin… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The question of how far pollen can move between plants has implications for topics as
diverse as habitat fragmentation, conservation management, and the containment of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Assessment of SSR and AFLP Markers for Evaluation of Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Fig, Ficus carica L., Genetic Resources in …

G Baraket, K Chatti, O Saddoud, AB Abdelkarim… - Plant Molecular Biology …, 2011 - Springer
This study characterises the genetic variability of fig, Ficus carica L., using simple sequence
repeat (SSR) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. It compares the …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of genetic diversity among European and Asian fig varieties (Ficus carica L.) using ISSR, RAPD, and SSR markers

H Ikegami, H Nogata, K Hirashima, M Awamura… - Genetic Resources and …, 2009 - Springer
Nineteen fig varieties and lines from Europe and Asia have been fingerprinted by ISSR,
RAPD, and SSR markers, respectively, using 13, 19, and 13 primer combinations. All …

[HTML][HTML] A survey and morphological evaluation of fig (Ficus carica L.) genetic resources from Slovenia

M Podgornik, I Vuk, I Vrhovnik, DB Mavsar - Scientia Horticulturae, 2010 - Elsevier
In order to collect all existing phenotypic variation of fig accessions grown in Slovenia and to
plan the conservation strategy by establishment of national collection in the northern part of …

Characterisation and cross-species transferability of microsatellites in the common fig (Ficus carica L.)

E Giraldo, MA Viruel, M López-Corrales… - The Journal of …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, 26 polymorphic microsatellites have been developed from a genomic library of
fig (Ficus carica L., Moraceae, cv.'Cuello de Dama Blanco') enriched for CT/AG repeats. The …

Genetic structure and differentiation in cultivated fig (Ficus carica L.)

MK Aradhya, E Stover, D Velasco, A Koehmstedt - Genetica, 2010 - Springer
One hundred ninety-four germplasm accessions of fig representing the four fig types,
Common, Smyrna, San Pedro, and Caprifig were analyzed for genetic diversity, structure …

Microsatellite markers as reliable tools for fig cultivar identification

H Achtak, A Oukabli, M Ater, S Santoni… - Journal of the …, 2009 - journals.ashs.org
Accurate and reliable cultivar identification of crop species is essential to ensure plant
material identity for registration and for cultivar protection. In this article, we proposed six …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic structuring into vicariant species-pairs in a wide-ranging, high-dispersal plant–insect mutualism: the case of Ficus racemosa and its pollinating …

A Bain, RM Borges, MH Chevallier, H Vignes… - Evolutionary …, 2016 - Springer
Ficus and their mutualistic pollinating wasps provide a unique model to investigate joint
diversification in a high dispersal system. We investigate genetic structuring in an extremely …

Traditional agroecosystems as conservatories and incubators of cultivated plant varietal diversity: the case of fig (Ficus caricaL.) in Morocco

H Achtak, M Ater, A Oukabli, S Santoni, F Kjellberg… - BMC plant biology, 2010 - Springer
Background Traditional agroecosystems are known to host both large crop species diversity
and high within crop genetic diversity. In a context of global change, this diversity may be …