Microsatellites as a Tool for the Study of Microevolutionary Process in Native Forest Trees

BARRANDEGUY, M.E.; GARCÍA, M.V.

Microsatellite Markers

INTECH

Lugar: Rijeka; Año: 2016; p. 47 - 72

The main aim of this work is an attempt to help researchers that use microsatellite markers to analyze microevolutionary forces in natural populations of native forest species. This kind of studies drives the researchers to make decisions regarding management or conservation of such species. This chapter pays attention to the entire process?from development of microsatellite markers, going through data analysis and ending with interpretation of these results. This work helps to researchers that are notfamiliarizing with methods and population genetics theories to analyze nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite data. These methods allow quantification of genetic variation and genetic structure in native forest species, and theoretical content allows knowledge about the past and the present genetic states of populations for making inferences about the future of these populations.