Data from: High-throughput microsatellite isolation through 454 GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing of enriched DNA libraries
Thibaut Malausa, André Gilles, Emese Meglécz, Hélène Blanquart, Stéphanie Duthoy, Caroline Costedoat, Vincent Dubut, Nicolas Pech, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno, Christophe Délye, Nicolas Feau, Pascal Frey, Philippe Gauthier, Thomas Guillemaud, Laurent Hazard, Valérie Le Corre, Brigitte Lung-Escarmant, Pierre-Jean G Malé, Stéphanie Ferreira & Jean-François Martin
Microsatellites (or SSR: simple sequence repeat) are among the most frequently used DNA markers in many areas of research. The use of microsatellite markers is limited by the difficulties involved in their de novo isolation from species for which no genomic resources are available. We describe here a high-throughput method for isolating microsatellite markers based on coupling multiplex microsatellite enrichment and Next-Generation Sequencing on 454 GS-FLX Titanium platforms. The procedure was calibrated on a model...