Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in Acca sellowiana (Berg) Burret

Acca sellowiana has commercial potential due to the quality and the unique flavor of its fruit. Conservation of natural populations and management of breeding programmes would benefit from the availability of molecular markers that could be used to characterize levels and distribution of genetic var...

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Published in:Molecular ecology notes 2008-09, Vol.8 (5), p.998-1000
Main Authors: SANTOS, K.L, SANTOS, M.O, LABORDA, P.R, SOUZA, A.P, PERONI, N, NODARI, R.O
Format: Article
Language:English
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Feijoa sellowiana
microsatellite
Myrtaceae
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Summary:Acca sellowiana has commercial potential due to the quality and the unique flavor of its fruit. Conservation of natural populations and management of breeding programmes would benefit from the availability of molecular markers that could be used to characterize levels and distribution of genetic variability. Thus, 13 microsatellite markers were developed from an enriched genomic library of A. sellowiana. They were characterized using 40 samples. The expected and observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.513 to 0.913 and from 0.200 to 0.889, respectively. These are the first microsatellite loci characterized from A. sellowiana that will contribute to improve researches on its genetic conservation, characterization and breeding.
ISSN:1755-0998
1755-098X
1471-8278
1755-0998
1471-8286
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02134.x