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Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Lychnophora pinaster : a study for the conservation of a native medicinal plant
Author(s) -
HABER L. H.,
CAVALLARI M. M.,
SANTOS F. R. C.,
MARQUES M. O. M.,
GIMENES M. A.,
ZUCCHI M. I.
Publication year - 2009
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.1755-0998.2008.02309.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , asteraceae , locus (genetics) , plant genetics , medicinal plants , population , allele , molecular breeding , botany , traditional medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , genome , gene , medicine , demography , sociology
Lychnophora pinaster Mart. (Asteraceae) is a Brazilian medicinal plant, extensively employed in popular medicine as an anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and healing agent. Thirteen polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed and optimized for L. pinaster from an enriched genomic library. The markers were used to analyse 37 plants from two native populations, generating an average number of 6.6 alleles per polymorphic locus. These loci are important tools for future studies of population genetics.