title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Coccoloba cereifera (Polygonaceae), an endangered species endemic to the Serra do Cipó, Brazil.
abstract: Microsatellite primers were isolated from the microendemic and threatened species Coccoloba cereifera, a shrub known only from a small region in the Serra do Cipó, Brazil. Thirteen primer pairs amplifying perfect and imperfect microsatellite regions were tested in 40 individuals from the one known occurrence of the species. Number of alleles ranged from two to six and levels of observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.21 to 0.95. These markers will be useful for the analysis of questions concerning population genetic structure and will assist in providing information for future conservation management programmes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Ecologia Evolutiva & Biodiversidade, Laboratorio de Genética de Populações, Departamento de Biologia Geral/ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CP 486, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30161-970 Brazil, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro no. 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, 58190 Michoacán, México.
authors.forename: Rennan G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Ross A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: McCauley
authors.forename: Aurea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cortés-Palomec
authors.forename: M Bernadete
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lovato
authors.forename: G Wilson
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oyama