Successful cross-amplification of Shorea microsatellites reveals genetic variation in the tropical tree, Shorea robusta Gaertn
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Transforming, Genome Editing and Phenotyping the Nitrogen-fixing Tropical Cannabaceae Tree Parasponia andersonii
Published on: August 18, 2019
Madhav Pandey1, Thomas Geburek
1Department of Genetics, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Hauptstrasse- 7, AT-1140 Vienna, Austria. madhav.mpandey@gmail.com
Abstract:
Sal (Shorea robusta) is a tree species with very good quality timber found across tropical south Asia. Due to over-exploitation, its genetic resources are highly depleted. Here we report for the first time on molecular markers in sal. Cross-species amplification of 27 Shorea microsatellites resulted in 24 of them harboring amplicons of expected sizes. Five microsatellites were moderate to highly polymorphic (N(a)=6-19). Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.49 to 0.77 and 0.52 to 0.89, respectively. These microsatellites are found to be adaptively neutral and are useful for population genetic studies in this species.
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