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Microsatellite loci for two East African tree species, Leptonychia usambarensis (Sterculiaceae) and Sorindeia madagascariensis (Anacardiaceae)
Author(s) -
CORDEIRO N. J.,
FELDHEIM K. A.,
IKEJIMBA E.,
NDANGALASI H. J.
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.1755-0998.2008.02288.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , sterculiaceae , zoology , loss of heterozygosity , lacertidae , anacardiaceae , allele , botany , genetics , gene , sauria , lizard
We isolated 20 trinucleotide microsatellites from two African tree species: Sorindeia madagascariensis (nine microsatellites) and Leptonychia usambarensis (11 microsatellites). Number of alleles ranged from three to seven in Sorindeia and two to 10 in Leptonychia . Observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.025 to 0.829 for Sorindeia and from 0.226 to 0.933 for Leptonychia . Two loci from each species departed from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. These microsatellite markers will be used to study how forest fragmentation affects pollination and seed dispersal processes of these tree species.