Microsatellite and SNP marker-based assessment of population genetic structure among wild and cultivated chickpea.

<p>Optimization of population structure with varying population number K = 5 to K = 7 and their inferred best possible population genetic structure for 94 cultivated and wild <i>Cicer</i> accessions using 334 genic and 144 genomic microsatellite markers and 380 TF gene-derived SNP markers physically mapped across eight chromosomes. These mapped markers assigned 94 accessions into six population that majorly grouped accordingly by their species and gene pools of origination. The accessions represented by vertical bars along the horizontal axis were classified into K colour segments based on their estimated membership fraction in each K cluster. Six diverse colours represent different population groups based on optimal population number K = 6.