title: Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Yucca filamentosa.
abstract: Yuccas and their pollinator moths are a textbook example of mutualism, yet we lack sufficiently variable markers to properly study the population genetics of the plants. We characterized 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci for Yucca filamentosa by screening primers derived from an expressed sequence tag database. We found four to 13 alleles per locus and the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.31 to 1. These markers will be useful in future ecological studies of Y. filamentosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sklaney
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Althoff
authors.forename: Kari A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Segraves