Integration of physical and genetic maps of common bean through BAC-derived microsatellite markers

Background Common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important legume for direct human consumption and the goal of this study was to integrate a recently constructed physical map for the species with a microsatellite based genetic map using a BAC library from the genotype G19833 and the recombinant inbred line population DOR364 × G19833. Results We searched for simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in the 89,017 BAC-end sequences (BES) from the...