Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Epidendrum puniceoluteum, an endemic orchid from the Atlantic Rainforest

Autor(es)

Pinheiro, F. ^{[1, 2]} ; Santos, M. O. ^{[3, 4]} ; Palma-Silva, C. ^[5] ; Barros, F. ^[6] ; Meyer, D. ^[7] ; Salatino, A. ^[1] ; Souza, A. P. ^{[3, 4]} ; Cozzolino, S. ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Bot, IB, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Naples Federico 2, Dipartimento Sci Biol, I-80139 Naples - Italy

^[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, CBMEG, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, IB, Dept Genet & Evolucao, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[5] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, IB, Dept Genet, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

^[6] Inst Bot, Secao Curadoria Herbario, BR-04301012 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[7] Univ Sao Paulo, IB, Dept Genet & Biol Evolut, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES; v. 8, n. 5, p. 1114-1116, SEP 2008.
• Citações Web of Science: 11

Resumo

Epidendrum puniceoluteum is an endemic orchid of Atlantic Rainforest, restricted to few populations only due to the destruction and fragmentation of its native habitat. Here, we report on the development of 10 microsatellite markers isolated from this orchid species. Genetic variability was characterized in two distant populations from Brazil coast. The number of alleles observed for each locus ranged from two to 12 and with an average of 6.4 alleles per locus. These microsatellites should be valuable tools for studying both fine-scale genetic structure of scattered E. puniceoluteum population and patterns will be useful genetic markers for other closely related taxa. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 06/54189-3 - Implicações taxonômicas da estrutura genética de populações naturais de E. cinnabarinum Salzm., E. denticulatum Barb. Rodr. e E. fulgens Brongn.
• Beneficiário: Fábio de Barros
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular