title: Microsatellite markers in the tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa (Paeoniaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite primers were developed in the tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa, to perform paternity tests as well as assignment to variety in special Austrian collections. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using SSR-enriched libraries and EST-mining, 8 polymorphic primer sets were identified in Austrian collections of Paeonia sect. Moutan DC. The primers amplified di- and trinucleotide repeats with 2-6 alleles per locus. All primers also amplified in P. ostii, P. pontaninii var. trolloides, P. delavayi, and P. lutea, and in the herbaceous species P. peregrina and P. tenuifolia (Paeonia sect. Paeon). •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results show the usefulness of primers in P. suffruticosa for population genetic studies and their ability to cross amplify in related taxa across the genus.
authors.affiliation: Health & Environment Department-Bioresources, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Homolka
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berenyi
authors.forename: Kornel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burg
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kopecky
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fluch