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Isolation, characterization and cross‐amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the threatened endemic Mammillaria crucigera (Cactaceae)
Author(s) -
SOLÓRZANO SOFIA,
CORTÉSPALOMEC AUREA C.,
IBARRA ARTURO,
DÁVILA PATRICIA,
OYAMA KEN
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.1755-0998.2008.02422.x
Subject(s) - biology , threatened species , microsatellite , isolation (microbiology) , endemism , botany , evolutionary biology , zoology , genetics , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , habitat , gene , allele
The cactus Mammillaria crucigera is a threatened species endemic to central Mexico. As a means of assessing population genetic status of these species, eight microsatellite markers were developed. These primers were tested in 40 individual from two wild populations. The results showed that these primers will be useful to describe population structure and aid to the conservation of species. The eight primers were tested in other Mammillaria species and most of them showed successful amplification.