Nuclear microsatellite markers for the date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera L.): characterization and utility across the genus Phoenix and in other palm genera 

 -  Molecular Ecology Notes, 4(2), p.256-258, 2004 .
<br/><br/> A (GA)n microsatellite-enriched library was constructed and 16 nuclear simple sequence repeat (SSR)loci were characterized in Phoenix dactylifera . Across-taxa amplification and genotyping tests showed the utility of most SSR markers in 11 other Phoenix species and the transferability of some of them in Elaeis guineensis , 11 species of Pritchardia, Pritchardiopsis jeanneneyi and six species of Astrocaryum . The first to be published for P. dactylifera , these new SSR resources are available for cultivar identification, pedigree analysis, germplasm diversity as well as genetic mapping studies. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ACROSS-TAXA UTILITY<br/>DATE PALM<br/>MICROSATELLITE<br/>PHOENIX