Table 1.

Comparative table of common genotype methods

	Cost	RNA handling	Patented	Targeted	Predesign platform
WGS	High	No	No	Yes	No
RNAseq	High	Yes	No	No	No
Exome sequecing	High	No	No	No	Yes
Amplicon sequecing	High	No	No	Yes	Yes
GBS	Low	No	Yes	No	No
DArTseq	Low	No	Yes	No	No
rAmpSeq	Low	No	No	No	No
K-Seq	Low	No	No	No	No
SNP microarrays	Low	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
KASP	Low	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
SPET	Low	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Seq-SNP	Low	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ion AmpliSeq technology	Low	No	Yes	Yes	Yes