title: New microsatellite loci in the dwarf yams Dioscorea group Epipetrum (Dioscoreaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from enriched genomic libraries of two taxa of the Chilean Epipetrum group of Dioscorea to assess their levels of genetic diversity and population differentiation. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven microsatellite loci were identified. Six out of nine microsatellites from D. biloba amplified in D. humilis, and the two microsatellites from D. humilis amplified in both taxa. Two different sets of eight loci amplified in each of the two tested taxa, D. biloba and D. humilis. The average number of alleles was 5.75 and 5 for D. biloba and D. humilis, respectively. Higher levels of mean genetic diversity were found in D. biloba (H(E) = 0.639) than in D. humilis (H(E) = 0.414). •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These microsatellite primers will be useful in population genetic studies and to establish conservation strategies in the endangered taxa of the Epipetrum group of Dioscorea.
authors: Departamento de Agricultura y Economía Agraria, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Carretera de Cuarte Km 1, E22071, Huesca (Huesca), Spain.
authors: Juan
authors: J
authors: Viruel
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Catalán
authors: José Gabriel
authors: JG
authors: Segarra-Moragues