Microsatellite markers: an overview of the recent progress in plants

RK Kalia, MK Rai, S Kalia, R Singh, AK Dhawan - Euphytica, 2011 - Springer
In recent years, molecular markers have been utilized for a variety of applications including
examination of genetic relationships between individuals, mapping of useful genes …

De novo assembly of the zucchini genome reveals a whole‐genome duplication associated with the origin of the Cucurbita genus

J Montero‐Pau, J Blanca, A Bombarely… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Cucurbita genus (squashes, pumpkins and gourds) includes important domesticated
species such as C. pepo, C. maxima and C. moschata. In this study, we present a high …

Germplasm enhancement of Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin, squash, gourd: Cucurbitaceae): progress and challenges

HS Paris - Euphytica, 2016 - Springer
Cucurbita pepo is extremely diverse in fruit characteristics. Native to semi-arid and
temperate regions of North America, C. pepo was domesticated at least twice, in Mexico …

Development of genic-SSR markers by deep transcriptome sequencing in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh]

S Dutta, G Kumawat, BP Singh, DK Gupta, S Singh… - BMC plant biology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh], one of the most important
food legumes of semi-arid tropical and subtropical regions, has limited genomic resources …

Transcriptome characterization and high throughput SSRs and SNPs discovery in Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

J Blanca, J Cañizares, C Roig, P Ziarsolo, F Nuez… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Background Cucurbita pepo belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. The" Zucchini" types rank
among the highest-valued vegetables worldwide, and other C. pepo and related Cucurbita …

Development and analysis of EST-SSRs for flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

S Cloutier, Z Niu, R Datla, S Duguid - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2009 - Springer
A set of 146,611 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated from 10 flax cDNA
libraries. After assembly, a total of 11,166 contigs and 11,896 singletons were mined for the …

Development of microsatellite markers by transcriptome sequencing in two species of Amorphophallus (Araceae)

X Zheng, C Pan, Y Diao, Y You, C Yang, Z Hu - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Amorphophallus is a genus of perennial plants widely distributed in the tropics
or subtropics of West Africa and South Asia. Its corms contain a high level of water-soluble …

High-throughput SNP genotyping in Cucurbita pepo for map construction and quantitative trait loci mapping

C Esteras, P Gómez, AJ Monforte, J Blanca… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background Cucurbita pepo is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, the second-most
important horticultural family in terms of economic importance after Solanaceae. The" …

Genetic relationships and evolution in Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin, squash, gourd) as revealed by simple sequence repeat polymorphisms

L Gong, HS Paris, MH Nee, G Stift, M Pachner… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2012 - Springer
Genetic relationships among 104 accessions of Cucurbita pepo were assessed from
polymorphisms in 134 SSR (microsatellite) and four SCAR loci, yielding a total of 418 …

Integrated consensus genetic and physical maps of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

S Cloutier, R Ragupathy, E Miranda… - Theoretical and applied …, 2012 - Springer
Three linkage maps of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) were constructed from populations CDC
Bethune/Macbeth, E1747/Viking and SP2047/UGG5-5 containing between 385 and 469 …