title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in an endangered species Dracaena cambodiana (Liliaceae).
abstract: •
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The development of microsatellite primers in the endangered species Dracaena cambodiana will be the foundation for genetic and conservation studies of D. cambodiana and several Dracaena species. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 26 microsatellite markers were developed in Chinese populations of D. cambodiana, using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences Containing Repeats (FIASCO) protocol. Among them, sixteen primer pairs generated polymorphic loci (fourteen of them successfully amplified in other four Dracaena species) and ten primer pairs produced monomorphic loci. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These microsatellite markers could be used in the further investigation of population genetics of D. cambodiana and other Dracaena species.
authors: Laboratory of Plant Phylogenetics and Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming,Yunnan 650223, China; and Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan 666303, P.R. China.
authors: Lu
authors: L
authors: Zhang
authors: Qiao-Ming
authors: QM
authors: Li