Diversity in Grain Amaranths and Relatives Distinguished by Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS).

ABSTRACT: The genotyping by sequencing (GBS) method has become a molecular marker technology of choice for many crop plants because of its simultaneous discovery and evaluation of a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and utility for germplasm characterization. Genome representation and complexity reduction are the basis for GBS fingerprinting and can vary by species based on genome size and other sequence characteristics. Grain amaranths are a set of three species that were domesticated in the New World to be high protein, pseudo-cereal grain crops. The goal of this research was to employ the GBS technique for diversity evaluation in grain amaranth accessions and close relatives from six Amaranthus species and determine genetic differences and similarities between groupings. A to

SUBMITTER: Wu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698268 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature