GDV Marker Types

Marker Type Marker Abbreviation Full Marker Name or Target Technology Reference
Fingerprinting

ISSR

RAPD

Inter-simple sequence repeat

Random amplified polymorphic DNA

Zietkiewicz et al, 1994

Williams et al, 1990

Feature-specific PCR with cleavage

CAPS

Cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences

Konieczny and Ausubel, 1993

Feature-specific PCR

EST marker

EST-SSR

gene marker

SSR

SCAR

Expressed Sequence Tag

SSR sequence from an EST

Gene sequence

Microsatellites, simple sequence repeats

Sequence characterized amplified regions

Parkinson and Blaxter, 2009

Ellis and Burke, 2007

NA

Tautz, 1989

Paran and Michelmore, 1993

SNP-specific

SNP

PACE

Single nucleotide polymorphism

PCR Allele Competitive Extension SNP genotyping

Ahmadian et al, 2000

von Maydell et al, 2021

Misc. markers

HRM

High resolution melting marker

Liew et al, 2004