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Isolation and characterization of microsatellites markers in Centaurium grandiflorum ssp. boissieri
Vania Jiménez-Lobato1,2, Marcial Escudero3, Zoila Díaz Lifante3
1Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica - Campus Costa Grande, Escuela Superior de Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Cátedras - CONACYT, Carretera Federal Acapulco - Zihuatanejo, Las Tunas, Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, México. vaniajimenez@uagro.mx.
Background:
Estimating outcrossing/selfing rates and characterizing genetic diversity with microsatellite markers are crucial to understanding the evolution of plant mating systems.
Methods And Results:
We developed, optimized and characterized eight new primer pairs for Centaurium grandiflorum ssp. boissieri and transferred them to three subspecies of Centaurium quadrifolium. Two SSR loci were transferred from Sabatia campestris to the four Centaurium taxa. Polymorphisms, He, Ho and H-W deviations were estimated in two populations of C. grandiflorum ssp. boissieri and in seven individuals each of C. quadrifolium ssp. barrelieri, C. quadrifolium ssp. parviflorum and C. quadrifolium ssp. quadrifolium. A total of 80 individuals was used in these experiments. The number of polymorphic loci varied among species from one to ten. A total of 127 alleles was scored. The average number of alleles per locus was 12.7. He was higher than Ho in all sampled populations. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was found for some loci in different species.
Conclusions:
This is the first report of microsatellites successfully amplified in the whole Centaurium genus. They will be valuable for estimating mating system parameters and genetic diversity and exploring their relationships with the wide variation in flower morphology in the genus, especially anther-stigma separation.
