profiles programmed temperature involved an initial denaturation step of 95 C for 2 min followed by 29 cycles at 94 C for 30 s, annealing at 55 C for 1 min and extension at 72 C for 1 min; a final elongation cycle of 72 C for 5 min was included. Amplification
products were left at 4 C prior to electrophoresis. The SCAR marker profile had an initial denaturation of 95 C for 2 min followed by 34 cycles at 94 C for 30 s, annealing at 50 C for 1 min and extension at 72 C for 1 min, a final elongation of 72 C for 5 min.
DNA loading dye was added to the PCR amplification products and the SSR fragments were separated by electrophoresis on 1.5 % agarose and the SCAR marker on 6 % polyacrylamide gels. Both SSR