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Microsatellites for the mangrove tree Avicennia germinans (Acanthaceae): Tools for hybridization and mating system studies
Author(s) -
Mori Gustavo M.,
Zucchi Maria I.,
Sampaio Iracilda,
Souza Anete P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.3732/ajb.1000219
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , population , mating system , genetics , evolutionary biology , mating , population genetics , allele , gene , demography , sociology
• Premise of the study: We developed a new set of microsatellite markers for the black mangrove Avicennia germinans , to provide new informative tools for further studies of the mating system, interspecific hybridization, and population genetics. • Methods and Results: We used the microsatellite‐enriched library approach to isolate and characterize 25 new primer pairs. Sixteen of them are polymorphic, showing a variable degree of variation in A. germinans , while nine were monomorphic in the samples examined. Eight exhibited private alleles in A. schaueriana . • Conclusions: These results indicate that these new microsatellite markers will be useful molecular tools for further studies of A. germinans and A. schaueriana population genetics, mating systems, and hybridization.