Open AccessDevelopment of microsatellite markers for Carapa guianensis (Aublet), a tree species from the Amazon forest
Author(s) -
VINSON C. C.,
AZEVEDO V. C. R.,
SAMPAIO I.,
CIAMPI A. Y.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
molecular ecology notes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1471-8286
pISSN - 1471-8278
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00821.x
Subject(s) - microsatellite , biology , loss of heterozygosity , locus (genetics) , amazon rainforest , amazon basin , population , gene flow , amazonian , allele , genetics , ecology , genetic variation , gene , demography , sociology
Abstract Carapa guianensis is a timber species found in Central America and the north of South America. We have developed microsatellite primers which will allow analysis of gene flow and population genetic structure in natural populations of this tree species. Polymorphism of five microsatellite loci was evaluated using a total of 12 adult trees from a natural population. An average of 4.2 alleles per locus was detected, and expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.397 to 0.806. These loci are being used for genetic population analysis in a managed forest in the state of Pará, in Amazonian Brazil, as part of the Dendrogene project.