Table 2.
The effect of reducing the number of selective bases from six to five on AFLP in Bixa orellana (a species with a small genome)
| Species |
1C-value (pg) |
No. of bands scored |
No. of bands per sample |
No. of polymorphic bands (%) |
Primer combination |
No. of samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. orellana | 0·20 | 40 | 33–38 | 10 (25·0) | E-AAG + M-CAA | 4 |
| B. orellana | 0·20 | 91 | 72–81 | 25 (27·5) | E-TG + M-CAA | 4 |