Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the New Zealand endemic sand-binder, Ficinia spiralis (Cyperaceae).

ABSTRACT:

Premise of the study

Ficinia spiralis (Cyperaceae) is a declining sand-binding sedge of ecological and cultural importance. Microsatellite primers were developed in F. spiralis to investigate how population genetic structure is related to the pronounced morphological, physiological, and ecological variation observed in this species.

Methods and results

A 454 shotgun-sequencing approach was used to generate 157,274 raw sequence reads, 536 of which contained microsatellites. After initial primer testing for 40 loci, 14 polymorphic loci were isolated, containing five to 27 alleles per locus. Ten of these loci also amplified in a congener, F. nodosa.

Conclusions

These loci will enable the assessment of the population genetic structure of F. spirali

SUBMITTER: van Heugten RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628027 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature