Microsatellite primers in the lichen symbiotic alga Trebouxia decolorans (Trebouxiophyceae).

ABSTRACT: UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for the symbiotic green alga Trebouxia decolorans to study fine-scale population structure and clonal diversity. • METHODS AND RESULTS:Using Illumina pyrosequencing, 20 microsatellite primer sets were developed for T. decolorans. The primer sets were tested on 43 individuals sampled from four subpopulations in Germany. The primers amplified di-, tri-, and tetranucleotide repeats with three to 15 alleles per locus, and the unbiased haploid diversity per locus ranged from 0.636 to 0.821. • CONCLUSIONS:The identified microsatellite markers will be useful to study the genetic diversity, dispersal, and reproductive mode of this common lichen photobiont.

SUBMITTER: Dal Grande F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4105286 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature