title: Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for Momordica charantia L. to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure within and between M. charantia and its four related species (Cucurbita pepo L., Luffa cylindrical L., Lagenaria siceraria L., and Cucumis sativus L.). •
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequence COntaining Repeats (FIASCO) method, 16 polymorphic microsatellite loci were identified in 36 individuals of M. charantia. Across all the M. charantia samples, the number of alleles per locus ranged from three to eight. Seven primers successfully amplified in the four related species. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These markers will be useful to study population ecology and population differentiation among M. charantia species and its related species.
authors: Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Development Biology, Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China.
authors: Shu-Zhen
authors: SZ
authors: Wang
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Pan
authors: Kan
authors: K
authors: Hu
authors: Chan-You
authors: CY
authors: Chen
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Ding