title: Development of ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for Fosbergia shweliensis (Rubiaceae), a potentially crisis endangered tree.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Fosbergia shweliensis (Anth.) Tirveng. & Sastre (Rubiaceae) is a potentially endangered tree endemic to China. Microsatellite markers were developed to investigate population genetics of this plant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci were identified and screened in 32 individuals from four wild populations of F. shweliensis. Alleles numbered 2 to 5, and their levels of observed heterozygosity and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.0564 to 0.7214 and from 0.2794 to 0.7912, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These new microsatellite loci will facilitate further studies of the population genetics of F. shweliensis, allowing us to design reasonable conservation and management strategies.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhiling
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dao
authors.forename: Yunheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Keming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D017753:Ecosystem; D056727:Endangered Species; D035264:Flowers / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D019666:Rubiaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D014197:Trees / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers