Towards a Joint International Database: Alignment of SSR Marker Data for European Collections of Cherry Germplasm.

ABSTRACT: The objective of our study was the alignment of microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker data across germplasm collections of cherry within Europe. Through the European Cooperative program for Plant Genetic Resources ECPGR, a number of European germplasm collections had previously been analysed using standard sets of SSR loci. However, until now these datasets remained unaligned. We used a combination of standard reference genotypes and ad-hoc selections to compile a central dataset representing as many alleles as possible from national datasets produced in France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. Through the comparison of alleles called in data from replicated samples we were able to create a series of alignment factors, supported across 448 different al

SUBMITTER: Ordidge M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235247 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature