Development of microsatellite markers in Primula sieboldii E. Morren, a threatened Japanese perennial herb
Development of microsatellite markers in Primula sieboldii E. Morren, a threatened Japanese perennial herb
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DOI:
10.1023/b:coge.0000006121.82993.5f
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发表时间:
2003-11
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
S. Ueno;Y. Tsumura;I. Washitani
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作者:
S. Ueno;Y. Tsumura;I. Washitani
Microsatellite markers are being increasingly used in many areas of research, such as genome mapping, population genetics, forensic science and conservation of threatened species (Goldstein and Schlotterer 1999). The highly polymorphic nature of microsatellites makes them suitable for identifying clones, as well as for analyzing breeding systems and kinship, and thus establishing critical parameters for conservation biology.Primula sieboldii E. Morren is a perennial herb that occurs in a range of moist habitats in Japan. Although P. sieboldii was once very common, it has become endangered and is now listed as Vulnerable in the Japanese plant red list by the Japanese Environment Agency (1997). The major processes threatening it include horticultural collection, natural succession and habitat loss through property development (Environment Agency 1997). Microsatellite markers for this species were first developed by Isagi et al.(2001), but more than half of the microsatellites they developed displayed low levels of polymorphism, with only two or three alleles among their 20 samples. Here, we describe seven microsatellte markers that are highly polymorphic and therefore more valuable for genetic analysis in natural populations. Genomic DNA of P. sieboldii was extracted by a modified CTAB method (Murray and Thompson 1980) and purified by ultracentrifugation. Samples of DNA (10 µg) were digested with NdeII and electrophoretically separated on a 1.2% agarose gel. DNA fragments ranging from 300 to 1000 bp were recovered. The fragments (approximately 600 ng) were ligated to Sau3AI cassette (5 pmol) supplied