Table 3.

List of 10 microsatellite markers used to distinguish plum cultivars.

SSRa	Origin	LGb	Size range (bp)	Ac	Nde	Heo	Hfe	PICg	Fhis	References
BPPCT001	Peach	2	120–170	17	4.45	0.78	0.84	0.84	0.08	Dirlewanger et al., 2002
BPPCT004	Peach	2	170–210	15	4.50	0.78	0.67	0.67	0.10	Dirlewanger et al., 2002
BPPCT025	Peach	6	120–212	22	5.44	0.82	0.91	0.91	−0.01	Dirlewanger et al., 2002
BPPCT040	Peach	4	120–154	14	6.25	0.84	0.85	0.85	−0.05	Dirlewanger et al., 2002
CPPCT006	Peach	8	170–216	17	5.56	0.82	0.77	0.77	−0.16	Aranzana et al., 2002
CPSCT012	Japanese plum	6	138–180	20	9.10	0.89	0.88	0. 88	0.01	Mnejja et al., 2004
CPSCT026	Japanese plum	7	163–209	21	7.69	0.87	0.90	0. 90	0.01	Mnejja et al., 2004
CPSCT042	Japanese plum	7	159–183	12	6.25	0.84	0.85	0. 85	0.03	Mnejja et al., 2004
PaCITA4	Apricot	3	113–151	11	8.33	0.88	0.77	0.77	−0.14	Dondini et al., 2006
UDP98-412	Peach	6	90–134	21	25	0.96	0.91	0.91	−0.06	Testolin et al., 2000
Average				17.0	8.26	0.84	0.83	0.80	−0.02

Crop of origin and references for the ten markers and genetic diversity parameters based on 43 plum cultivars.

^aSingle sequence repeat or microsatellite marker.

^bLinkage group based on an almond x peach linkage map (Dirlewanger et al., 2004).

^cObserved alleles per locus.

^dEffective number of alleles.

^eObserved heterozygosity.

^fExpected heterozygosity.

^gPolymorphic index content.

^hWright's fixation index.