Table 1.

Subcategories of published papers using cpSSRs reviewed in this study.

Category	Primary focus
Agricultural species
Diversity	Assessment of genetic diversity present within a cultivated crop unit or across a cultivated crop species, breed, or strain
History	Assessment of ancestry or origins of a cultivated taxon based on genetic relatedness to wild or cultivated parental taxa
Identification	Identification or development of methods to identify crop plant species, breeds, or strains
Primer note	Reporting the development and/or testing of cpSSR primers
Other	Papers not fitting other categories
Native species
Hybridization	Assessment of hybridization and/or documentation of parental taxa or populations of hybrid individuals
Methodology	Introducing new methods of data collection or analysis for cpSSR loci
Population genetics	Assessment of genetic diversity and structure within and among natural plant populations, including phylogeographic studies
Primer note	Reporting the development and/or testing of cpSSR primers
Review	Synthesis of published studies using cpSSRs
Systematics	Assessment of evolutionary relatedness among distinct taxa, including studies for the purpose of taxonomic revision
Other	Papers not fitting other categories