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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the Brazilian orchid Epidendrum fulgens

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Author(s):
Pinheiro, F. [1, 2] ; Santos, M. O. [3, 4] ; Barros, F. [5] ; Meyer, D. [6] ; Salatino, A. [2] ; Souza, A. P. [3, 4] ; Cozzolino, S. [1]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Naples Federico 2, Dipartimento Sci Biol, I-80139 Naples - Italy
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, IB, Dept Bot, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, CBMEG, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, IB, Dept Genet & Evolucao, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[5] Secao Curadoria Herbario, Inst Bot, BR-04301012 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[6] Univ Sao Paulo, IB, Dept Genet & Biol Evolut, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: CONSERVATION GENETICS; v. 9, n. 6, p. 1661-1663, DEC 2008.
Web of Science Citations: 12
Abstract

Epidendrum fulgens has a patchy distribution along the Atlantic Rainforest in the Brazilian coast, due to the destruction of its native habitat. Here, we report on both the development of nine new microsatellite markers isolated from this species and the characterization of their allele variability in two distant and unrelated populations. The number of alleles observed for each locus ranged from 2 to 17 with an average of 6.4 alleles per locus. These microsatellites should be valuable tools for studying the effect of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of E. fulgens populations. (AU)