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Development, Characterization and Cross Species Amplification of Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers from Expressed Sequence Tags of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.)

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Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) were used for the screening of type and frequency of Class I (hypervariable) simple sequence repeats (SSRs). A total of 231 microsatellite repeats were detected from 12,593 EST sequences of turmeric after redundancy elimination. The average density of Class I SSRs accounts to one SSR per 17.96 kb of EST. Mononucleotides were the most abundant class of microsatellite repeat in turmeric ESTs followed by trinucleotides. A robust set of 17 polymorphic EST–SSRs were developed and used for evaluating 20 turmeric accessions. The number of alleles detected ranged from 3 to 8 per loci. The developed markers were also evaluated in 13 related species of C. longa confirming high rate (100%) of cross species transferability. The polymorphic microsatellite markers generated from this study could be used for genetic diversity analysis and resolving the taxonomic confusion prevailing in the genus.

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This work was supported by a research grant from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi. The authors thank DISC, IISR (Indian Institute of Spices Research) for providing the internet facility.

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    S. Siju, K. Dhanya, S. Syamkumar, B. Sasikumar, T. E. Sheeja & V. A. Parthasarathy

  2. Division of Crop Protection, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, Kerala, 673 012, India

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Siju, S., Dhanya, K., Syamkumar, S. et al. Development, Characterization and Cross Species Amplification of Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers from Expressed Sequence Tags of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). Mol Biotechnol 44, 140–147 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-009-9222-4

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