Evaluation of Cross-Species Transferability of SSR Markers in Foeniculum vulgare.

ABSTRACT: Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a species belonging to the Apiaceae family, well known for its nutritional and pharmacological properties. Despite the economic and agricultural relevance, its genomic and transcriptomic data remain poor. Microsatellites-also known as simple sequence repeats (SSRs)-are codominant markers widely used to perform cross-amplification tests starting from markers developed in related species. SSRs represent a powerful tool, especially for those species lacking genomic information. In this study, a set of primers previously designed in Daucus carota for polymorphic SSR loci was tested in commercial varieties and breeding lines of fennel in order to: (i) test their cross-genera transferability, (ii) look at their efficiency in assessing genetic diversit

SUBMITTER: Aiello D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076658 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature