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Table 2.

Selective amplification primers tested for AFLP analysis

EcoRI primer anchor Fluorescent label MseI primer anchor EcoRI primer anchor Fluorescent label MseI primer anchor
01 AAC TAMRA CAG 17 AAC TAMRA CTA
02 AAC TAMRA CAC 18 AAC* TAMRA CAT
03 AAG JOE CAG 19 AAG JOE CTC
04 AAG JOE CAC 20 AAG JOE CAT
05 ACA FAM CAG 21 ACA FAM CTA
06 ACA* FAM CAA 22 ACA FAM CAT
07 ACC TAMRA CAG 23 ACC TAMRA CTA
08 ACC TAMRA CAC 24 ACC* TAMRA CAT
09 ACG JOE CAG 25 ACG JOE CTA
10 ACG JOE CAC 26 ACG JOE CAT
11 ACT FAM CAG 27 ACT FAM CTA
12 ACT FAM CAA 28 ACT FAM CTC
13 AGC TAMRA CAG 29 AGC TAMRA CTA
14 AGC TAMRA CAC 30 AGC TAMRA CAT
15 AGG JOE CAG 31 AGG JOE CTA
16 AGG JOE CAC 32 AGG JOE CAT

See ABI kit for further details on primer composition.

* The most successful primers that were used to screen a further 75 Miscanthus accessions.

A successful primer combination used in Hodkinson et al. (2002) but not in this study.