Table 1.

Summary of SSR marker diversity for the combined dataset including G. barbadense and G. hirsutum. Standard deviations are indicated in parenthesis

	G. barbadense	G. hirsutum	Overall
Sample size	410	1523	1933
No. of polymorphic SSRs	103	104	104
No. of polymorphic bands	827	1192	1302
Percentage of polymorphic bands (%)	63.0	90.8	99.2
No. of private bands	109	463	n/a
Percentage of private bands (%)	12.8	38.5	n/a
Average no. of G. barbadense-specific bands/accession	67.4 (6.31)	1.7 (3.31)	n/a
Average no. of G. hirsutum-specific bands/accession	2.3 (6.58)	60.6 (13.56)	n/a