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Characterization of microsatellite loci in the myco‐heterotrophic plant Monotropa hypopitys (Ericaceae) and amplification in related taxa
Author(s) -
KLOOSTER M. R.,
HOENLE A. W.,
CULLEY T. M.
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.1755-0998.2008.02386.x
Subject(s) - biology , ericaceae , microsatellite , taxon , botany , population , genetics , allele , gene , demography , sociology
The myco‐heterotroph Monotropa hypopitys is a perennial, circumboreally distributed herb of significant importance in studies of nonphotosynthetic plant biology. To address a deficiency in our knowledge of myco‐heterotroph population genetics, 11 microsatellite markers were developed using a cost‐effective, nonradioactive protocol. Multiplex reactions revealed polymorphism in the red and yellow colour forms of M. hypopitys with an average of 2.69 alleles per primer. Many primers additionally amplified in the congener Monotropa uniflora and five other closely related genera. This is the first report of microsatellite primer development and amplification in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae).