Microsatellite diversity and heterozygosity of parents of a cocoa breeding population

Autor: Milton Macoto Yamada, Fábio Gelape Faleiro, Acassi Batista Flores, Uilson Vanderlei Lopes, José Luis Pires, Ronan Xavier, Reinaldo Figueiredo dos Santos
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 17-22 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1518-7853
1984-7033
Popis: The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic diversity and heterozygosity of 26 clones used asparents of 27 families. The populations are being evaluated by the Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira(CEPLAC), in the state of BA. Nine of these clones are currently being recommended to farmers, while six others were used ascontrol. The seven microsatellite generated 52 alleles with a mean of seven alleles/locus and genetic distance ranging from0.17 to 0.90. This indicates a wide distribution of accessions and high variability. The heterozygosity ranged from 20% to86%, and more than 50% of the loci were heterozygous in 79% of the clones. Although the selection of the parents forpopulations was not based on genetic distances, the high genetic diversity and heterozygosity of parents indicate highlysegregating populations that make the selection of trees of interest possible, due to the variability.
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