1. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Camellia nitidissima
- Author
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Hui Tang, Wei Jiqing, Zong-You Chen, Xiao Wei, Zheng-Feng Wang, Zhong-Chao Li, and Yun-Sheng Jiang
- Subjects
Conservation genetics ,Genetics ,biology ,Camellia nitidissima ,Biodiversity ,Endangered species ,food and beverages ,Zoology ,Population genetics ,biology.organism_classification ,Genetic marker ,Microsatellite ,Theaceae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Camellia nitidissima Chi (Theaceae), a rare and famous plant with golden-yellow flowers, narrowly distributes in Southwest China and North Vienam. It is now endangered and its distribution is ongoing shrinked due to deforestation and collection of seeds for horticulture. From repetitive DNA enriched libraries, we reported here the development and characterization of ten microsatellite markers for this species. The number of alleles ranged from 5 to 12. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.4583 to 0.9474, and 0.6976 to 0.9033, respectively. These ten polymorphic microsatellite loci is the first set of microsatellite markers for C. nitidissima, and they will be used for future study of conservation genetics of this species.
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- 2009