Premium
Characterization of 14 microsatellite loci in a tropical palm, Attalea phalerata (Arecaceae)
Author(s) -
Choo Juanita,
Ishak Heather,
Simpson Beryl,
Mueller Ulrich,
Juenger Tom
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.1000281
Subject(s) - microsatellite , biology , arecaceae , palm , population , allele , genetics , evolutionary biology , demography , gene , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
• Premise of the study: We developed microsatellite primers for the widely distributed tropical palm Attalea phalerata for studies on the dispersal and spatial genetic structure of palm populations. • Methods and Results: Fourteen di‐, tri‐, and tetra‐nucleotide microsatellite primer pairs were identified. The number of alleles in the population tested ranged between 3 and 25, with a mean of 12.1. Ten microsatellite loci exhibited no significant deviations from Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium or presence of null alleles, and their combined probability of exclusion was 0.998. • Conclusions: These microsatellite loci will be useful in parentage analysis and population genetics studies of Attalea phalerata .