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Isolation, characterization and cross‐amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Laelia speciosa (Orchidaceae)
Author(s) -
CORTÉSPALOMEC AUREA C.,
MCCAULEY ROSS A.,
OYAMA KEN
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01898.x
Subject(s) - biology , orchidaceae , microsatellite , allele , epiphyte , endangered species , genetics , evolutionary biology , botany , ecology , gene , habitat
Laelia speciosa is an endangered epiphytic orchid endemic to central Mexico. Here, we report on the development of 14 perfect and imperfect microsatellite repeat loci for this species. Numbers of alleles ranged from two to 16 and levels of observed heterozygosities among the 14 loci ranged from 0.28 to 1.00 across two widely divergent populations. All loci were also tested for cross‐amplification in four other Laelia species and other selected genera of the subtribe Laeliinae.