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Microsatellite primers for the endangered aquatic herb, Ottelia acuminata (Hydrocharitaceae).

Laboratory of Plant Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
American Journal of Botany (impact factor: 2.66). 05/2012; 99(6):e262-4. DOI:10.3732/ajb.1100563 pp.e262-4
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ABSTRACT • Premise of the study: Microsatellite primers were developed in the endangered aquatic herb, Ottelia acuminata, to characterize its genetic diversity and understand its population structure. • Methods and Results: Eight polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed from two populations of O. acuminata in China. The number of alleles per locus ranged from one to 15; the observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0 to 0.885 and from 0 to 0.888, respectively, in the two populations. Selected loci also amplified successfully in O. sinensis. • Conclusions: These microsatellite markers will facilitate further studies on the conservation genetics and evolutionary history of O. acuminata.

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Keywords

conservation genetics
 
endangered aquatic herb
 
genetic diversity
 
heterozygosities
 
Microsatellite primers
 
O. acuminata
 
O. sinensis
 
Ottelia acuminata
 
polymorphic microsatellite markers
 
population structure
 
populations
 
two populations
 
• Conclusions
 
• Methods
 
• Premise
 

Chao Xu