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Thirteen nuclear microsatellite loci for butternut ( Juglans cinerea L.)
Author(s) -
HOBAN SEAN,
ANDERSON ROBERT,
MCCLEARY TIM,
SCHLARBAUM SCOTT,
ROMEROSEVERSON JEANNE
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.1471-8286.2007.02030.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , allele , juglans , population , threatened species , genetics , botany , ecology , gene , demography , sociology , habitat
Butternut ( Juglans cinerea L.) is an eastern North American forest tree severely threatened by an exotic fungal pathogen, Sirococcus clavigignenti‐juglandacearum . We report here 13 nuclear microsatellites for genetic evaluation of the remaining natural populations. Summary statistics are reported for individuals from a population of butternuts in central Kentucky ( N = 63). All markers were polymorphic, with an average of 13.7 alleles per locus observed. Four loci exhibited significantly fewer heterozygotes than expected under Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium ( P < 0.05).