SCAR

SCAR
See sequence characterised amplified region.
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Sequence characterised amplified region (SCAR)
A locus representing a single RAPD fragment which has been sequenced. Primers specific to the locus can be designed and used in PCR amplification.
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Ardiel, G.S., Grewal, T.S., Deberdt, P., Rossnagel, B.G., and Scoles, G.J. 2002. Inheritance of resistance to covered smut in barley and development of tightly linked SCAR marker. Theoretical and applied genetics 104:457-464.

See also: Sequence, Character, PCR, Locus, In vitro