title: Development of microsatellite markers for Euchresta japonica and E. formosana (Leguminosae).
abstract: We isolated 13 microsatellite loci from Euchresta japonica, an endangered shrub species that grows in warm-temperate forests in East Asia. Of these 13 loci, only one was codominant and polymorphic with five alleles. Cross-species amplification in a related species, E. formosana, detected nine of these loci, all of which were codominant and polymorphic with 2 to 9 alleles. These markers will facilitate further studies on the genetic characteristics of these two Euchresta species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Studies, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Umehara
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ide