Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, 12: 1196–1197. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12016. Characterization of 20 microsatellites in the Neotropical palm Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae) identified by cross-amplification from across genera.

GIOMBINI; TOSTO; BRAVO S. P.

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES

WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2012

1755-098X

We characterized 20 microsatellites in the palm Syagrus romanzoffiana, a keystone species in the Atlantic Forest of South America, after testing cross-species amplification of 140 previously developed loci. The number of alleles varied from one to nine and the expected heterozygosity from 0 to 0.74. The ten most variable markers, showing no linkage disequilibrium or heterozygote deficiency, yielded a mean expected heterozygosity of 0.53 and a combined probability of identity < 1x10-6. These are the first microsatellites characterized in this Neotropical palm, which are suitable for studies of intraspecific genetic variation and presumably transferable to other Syagrus species.