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ABSTRACT: Premise of the study
Microsatellite markers were developed in Deuterocohnia longipetala (Bromeliaceae) to investigate species and subspecies boundaries within the genus and the genetic diversity of natural populations.Methods and results
We used 454 pyrosequencing to isolate 835 microsatellite loci in D. longipetala. Of 64 loci selected for primer design, 15 were polymorphic among 23 individuals of D. longipetala and 76 individuals of the heterologous subspecies D. meziana subsp. meziana and D. meziana subsp. carmineo-viridiflora. Twelve and 13 of these loci were also polymorphic in one population each of D. brevispicata and D. seramisiana, respectively. Numbers of alleles per locus varied from two to 14 in D. longipetala, two to 12 in D. meziana, one to nine in D. brevispicata, and one to 10 in D. seramisiana. STRUCTURE analyses clearly separated the taxa from each other.Conclusions
The 15 new microsatellite markers are promising tools for studying population genetics in Deuterocohnia species.
SUBMITTER: Zenk FL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5947610 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zenk Fides Lea FL Firmer Cynthia C Wöhrmann Tina T da Silva Luciana Vicente LV Weising Kurt K Huettel Bruno B Paggi Gecele Matos GM
Applications in plant sciences 20180401 4
<h4>Premise of the study</h4>Microsatellite markers were developed in <i>Deuterocohnia longipetala</i> (Bromeliaceae) to investigate species and subspecies boundaries within the genus and the genetic diversity of natural populations.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We used 454 pyrosequencing to isolate 835 microsatellite loci in <i>D. longipetala</i>. Of 64 loci selected for primer design, 15 were polymorphic among 23 individuals of <i>D. longipetala</i> and 76 individuals of the heterologous subspec ...[more]