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Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Yucca filamentosa
Author(s) -
SKLANEY MARY R.,
ALTHOFF DAVID M.,
SEGRAVES KARI A.
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.1755-0998.2008.02361.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , loss of heterozygosity , genetics , yucca , allele , population , population genetics , evolutionary biology , botany , gene , demography , sociology
Yuccas and their pollinator moths are a textbook example of mutualism, yet we lack sufficiently variable markers to properly study the population genetics of the plants. We characterized 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci for Yucca filamentosa by screening primers derived from an expressed sequence tag database. We found four to 13 alleles per locus and the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.31 to 1. These markers will be useful in future ecological studies of Y. filamentosa .