title: Microsatellite primers in the native perennial cycad Cycas taitungensis (Cycadaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite primers were developed for the native perennial cycad Cycas taitungensis to evaluate the genetic variation of this endangered insular species.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using a magnetic bead enrichment method and EST data, 16 primer sets were developed and identified for the native Taiwan cycad C. taitungensis. The primers amplified dinucleotide, trinucleotide, and complex repeats with 1-9 alleles per locus. Most primers also amplified DNA from C. revoluta and C. debaoensis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate the utility of primers for future studies of the genetic structure of C. taitungensis. In addition, the primers are useful for further phylogeographic studies between C. taitungensis and C. revoluta, which is a closely related species.
authors: Botanical Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
authors: Li-Ping
authors: LP
authors: Ju
authors: Chia-Chi
authors: CC
authors: Kuo
authors: Yi-Shan
authors: YS
authors: Chao
authors: Yu-Pin
authors: YP
authors: Cheng
authors: Xun
authors: X
authors: Gong
authors: Yu-Chung
authors: YC
authors: Chiang