Genetic Characterization of CIMMYT Inbred Maize Lines and Open Pollinated Populations Using Large Scale Fingerprinting Methods
Marilyn L. Warburton*,a,
Xia Xianchuna,
Jose Crossaa,
Jorge Francob,
Albrecht E. Melchingerc,
Matthias Frischc,
Martin Bohnc and
David Hoisingtona
a CIMMYT, Int, Applied Biotechnology Center, Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600 Mexico, D.F., Mexico
b Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la Republica, Ave. Garzon 780, CP 12900, Montevideo, Uruguay
c Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, Univ. of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany

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Fig. 1. Ward's dendrogram of the seven populations in the study based on allele frequencies of 85 SSRs. The horizontal axis is expressed in genetic similarities (similarity = 1 - distance) and these were calculated by Nei's (1972) coefficient.
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Fig. 2. UPGMA dendrogram of 57 inbred lines based on 85 SSRs. The horizontal axis is expressed in genetic distances that were calculated by the Nei and Li coefficient. Bootstrap confidence intervals are included at the junctions of each cluster.
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