Genetic diversity and relationships in mulberry (genus Morus) as revealed by RAPD and ISSR marker assays

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Authors

A. K. Awasthi · Central Silk Technological Research Institute

GM Nagaraja · Central Silk Technological Research Institute

GV Naik · Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre

Sriramana Kanginakudru · Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

K. Thangavelu · Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre

Javaregowda Nagaraju · Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

Abstract

These results suggest that RAPD and ISSR markers are useful for mulberry genetic diversity analysis and germplasm characterization, and that putative species-specific markers may be obtained which can be converted to SCARs after further studies.

Topics & Keywords

Silkworms and Sericulture Research Genetic diversity and population structure Plant and Fungal Interactions Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Genetics

Volume 5, Issue 1, pp. 1-1

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-5-1

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