Appendix 1 Description of the 16 SSR loci used in this study. SSR grouping (1 to 3 according to different PCR conditions, as detailed in Material and Methods), locus name, range size in base pairs (bp), type of repeat and linkage group (LG) location. The linkage groups to which markers were assigned are based on genetic linkage map data of an E. globulus pedigree (unpublished results) and the E. grandis × E. urophylla consensus map of Brondani et al. (2006). SSR Grouping 1 2 Range (bp) Repeat LG (consensus) EMBRA 18 97 - 169 (AG)3GG(AG)19 9 EMBRA 2 b) 124 - 156 (AG)15 11* EMBRA 6 120 - 156 (AG)19 1 EMBRA 8 a) 133 - 167 (AG)21 6 EMBRA 19 146 - 164 (AG)23 4 EMBRA 23 96 - 152 (AG)16 8 EMCRC 2 151 - 185 (CT)9--(CA)10 11# EMCRC 5 178 - 252 (CT)19(CA)13 Not mapped EMCRC 8 229 - 277 (CT)13(CA)24 2 EMCRC 10 314 - 354 (GT)19(GA)9 11 EMBRA 5 96 - 154 (AG)22 5* EMBRA 11 89 - 149 (AG)4GG(AG)13 1 EMBRA 12 98 - 162 (AG)22 1 EMBRA20 119 - 149 (AG)19 6 EMCRC 7 275 - 305 (TG)15(AG)8 3 EMCRC 11 223 - 259 (TC)10(AC)10 6 Locus 3 a) dNTPs - 0,1mM each b) dNTPs - 0,1mM each and Taq 1U # putative position, homology was not established * Mapped in Brondani (2006) 1