Development of Microsatellite Markers in the Oil-Producing Species <i>Vernicia fordii</i> (Euphorbiaceae), A Potential Biodiesel Feedstock

Premise of the study: Tung tree, <i>Vernicia fordii</i>, is native to China. Little has been done on genetics and breeding at the molecular level in this species, let alone utilizing microsatellite (simple sequence repeat [SSR]) markers. Therefore, a set of SSR molecular markers was deve...

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Main Authors: Yue Pan, Lei Pan, Liang Chen, Lingling Zhang, Eviatar Nevo, Junhua Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-06-01
Series:Applications in Plant Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3732/apps.1200004