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Table 1 Fragment sizes of three regions of chloroplast DNA

From: Biases underlying species detection using fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphisms yielded from roots

Species

Region

trnT-trnL intergenic spacer

trnL intron

trnL-trnF intergenic spacer

Populus tremuloides

529–530

685–706

391–393

Bromus inermis

377, 664

649

(394–395), 443

Picea glauca

466, 475

559–560a

460a

Melilotus officinalis

1,154

319

205, 216a

Sonchus arvensis

635, 636a

507

417a

Chamerion angustifolium

n/a

603

365

Trifolium hybridum

n/a

585, 615a

209

Rubus idaeus

n/a

556–567a

476

  1. Fragment size was measured in base pairs for plant species (n = 6) common in western Canada.
  2. n/a unsuccessful amplifications.
  3. aUnpublished values determined by the authors in previous trials using same conditions of extraction, amplification and fragment analysis.