... espec-tively. From the 118 loci we identifi ed 350 alleles with an average of 2.97 alleles per locus (Table S3, Figure 2). Of the 350 alleles, 223 alleles were from di- loci with an average of 3.28 ... completely failed,amplified too weakly, or amplified multiple bands and the 71 primers were excluded from further analysis (seeadditional file 2 Table S2, additional). In 21 cases, the amplicons ... 55:365-378.14. Powell W, Morgante M, Andre C, Hanafey M, Vogel J, Tingey S, Rafalski A: The comparison of RFLP, RAPD, AFLP and SSR (microsatellite) markers for germplasm analysis. Mol Breed 1996,...