Gene Discovery and EST-Microsatellite Marker Development in Switchgrass: a C4 Perennial Grass

Christian M. Tobias^1*, Paul Twigg², Daniel M. Hayden¹, Kenneth P. Vogel³, Rob M. Mitchell³, Gerard R. Lazo¹, Elaine K. Chow¹, and Gautam Sarath³

¹ USDA, ARS, Western Regional Research Center, Genomics and Gene Discovery Unit, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA

² Biology Department, Bruner Hall of Science, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA

³ USDA, ARS, Wheat, Sorghum and Forage Research Unit, Keim Hall, E.C. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA

^* corresponding author

Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2005) in press.

Of the 11,990 Panicum virgatum ESTs sequenced, 7,090 (59%) were able to be assigned by GO Molecular terms.

Of the 11,990 Panicum virgatum ESTs sequenced, 6,867 (57%) were able to be assigned by GO Biological terms.

Of the 11,990 Panicum virgatum ESTs sequenced, 6,058 (50%) were able to be assigned by GO Cellular terms.