title: Isolation and characterization of new polymorphic microsatellite loci in the mixotrophic orchid Limodorum abortivum L. Swartz (Orchidaceae).
abstract: Here, we report the isolation and characterization of 11 polymorphic microsatellites in Limodorum abortivum. Allele variability has been characterized in three populations from Southern Italy and France. The number of alleles ranged from one to six per locus with an average of 3.8 alleles per locus. Observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.000 to 1.000 and from 0.492 to 0.806, respectively, with striking differences among populations. These microsatellites should be valuable tools for studying fine-scale genetic structure of scattered Limodorum abortivum populations, patterns of relationship with closely related taxa and the evolutionary ecology of its mycorrhizal interactions.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Biologia ed Ecologia Vegetale D.A.C.P.A., Università di Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123 Catania, Italy, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 311 Irving I Building, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS, UMR 5175, Equipe Interactions Biotiques, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cédex, France, Dipartimento delle Scienze Biologiche, Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Via Foria 223, 80139 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: V Tranchida
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Lombardo
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Selosse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cozzolino
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Taylor