title: Chloroplast microsatellite primers for cacao (Theobroma cacao) and other Malvaceae.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Chloroplast microsatellites were developed in Theobroma cacao to examine the genetic diversity of cacao cultivars in Trinidad and Tobago.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine polymorphic microsatellites were designed from the chloroplast genomes of two T. cacao accessions. These microsatellites were tested in 95 hybrid accessions from Trinidad and Tobago. An average of 2.9 alleles per locus was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These chloroplast microsatellites, particularly the highly polymorphic pentameric repeat, were useful in assessing genetic variation in T. cacao. In addition, these markers should also prove to be useful for population genetic studies in other species of Malvaceae.
authors: Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. albertoyang@yahoo.com
authors: Ji Y
authors: JY
authors: Yang
authors: Lambert A
authors: LA
authors: Motilal
authors: Hannes
authors: H
authors: Dempewolf
authors: Kamaldeo
authors: K
authors: Maharaj
authors: Q C B
authors: QC
authors: Cronk
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002099:Cacao / Q000235:genetics*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D019660:Malvaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D059372:Nucleotide Motifs / Q000235:genetics; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant