title: Development and characterization of 20 new polymorphic microsatellite markers from Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Twenty microsatellite loci for mango (Mangifera indica), an important commercial fruit tree in East Asia, were developed to evaluate the genetic diversity and identification of cultivars.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 20 new microsatellite markers were isolated from mango using a magnetic bead enrichment method, and polymorphisms were identified in 22 mango cultivars. The number of alleles ranged from one to nine, with expected heterozygosity ranging from 0 to 0.826. The polymorphism information content ranged from 0 to 0.756 with a mean of 0.525.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These new microsatellite loci should be useful and convenient for further studies of the genetic diversity and identification of cultivars in mango.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Chi-Mou
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Yu-Kuang H
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sheue-Ru
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chih-Hsiung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu-Shium
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chi-Chu
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D031022:Mangifera / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant