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Development of microsatellite markers in Cordia bifurcata (Boraginaceae) and cross‐species amplification in Cordia inermis and Cordia pringlei
Author(s) -
SPOON TRACEY R.,
KESSELI RICK V.
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.1755-0998.2008.02131.x
Subject(s) - biology , boraginaceae , shrub , botany , apomixis , microsatellite , allele , genetics , gene , ploidy
We developed 16 microsatellite markers in Cordia bifurcata , a Central and South American shrub. The markers show low polymorphism in C. bifurcata , a species suspected of self‐fertilization or apomixis. Of four polymorphic loci, three had only two alleles. However, current research indicates that these markers hold value for interpopulational comparisons of C. bifurcata and for analyses of congeners. In Cordia inermis , a dioecious or subdioecious shrub, seven of the markers produced interpretable amplification products of which five showed polymorphism. In Cordia pringlei , a distylous shrub, nine of the markers produced interpretable amplification products of which six showed polymorphism.