title: Thirteen nuclear microsatellite loci for butternut (Juglans cinerea L.).
abstract: Butternut (Juglans cinerea L.) is an eastern North American forest tree severely threatened by an exotic fungal pathogen, Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum. We report here 13 nuclear microsatellites for genetic evaluation of the remaining natural populations. Summary statistics are reported for individuals from a population of butternuts in central Kentucky (N = 63). All markers were polymorphic, with an average of 13.7 alleles per locus observed. Four loci exhibited significantly fewer heterozygotes than expected under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA, 7899 County Road 3950, West Plains, Missouri 65775, USA, Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Institute of Agriculture, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-4563, USA.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoban
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McCleary
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schlarbaum
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romero-Severson