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Published on: November 5, 2020
Polymorphic microsatellite markers in Euryale ferox Salisb. (Nymphaeaceae)
Zhiwu Quan1, Lei Pan, Weidong Ke
1Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Development Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China, Wuhan National Field Observation and Research Station for Aquatic Vegetables, Wuhan 430065, China.
Abstract:
Eleven polymorphic microsatellite markers were isolated and identified in the aquatic plant Euryale ferox Salisb. (Nymphaeaceae). This species, which belongs to basal Magnoliophyta, reproduces sexually. All of these 11 microsatellite markers yielded 25 alleles in a survey of a wild population of 34 individuals. Two or three alleles per locus were detected, with expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.056 to 0.634 and observed heterozygosity from 0.000 to 0.088. These simple sequence repeat markers will be useful for evaluating the genetic structure of the E. ferox population in the future.
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