title: Microsatellites for mahoganies: twelve new loci for Swietenia macrophylla and its high transferability to Khaya senegalensis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A new set of 12 microsatellite markers was developed and characterized for big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King, Meliaceae) and its transferability assayed in the African mahogany, Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss. (Meliaceae), to study population and conservation genetics of these threatened tropical timber species.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using an enriched library approach twelve novel microsatellite loci were identified for S. macrophylla. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 5 to 14 and mean observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.819 and 0.822, respectively. Twenty microsatellite loci developed for S. macrophylla (12 from this study and eight previously published) were tested for K. senegalensis and 10 polymorphic were characterized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show the highly informative content of the new SSR loci for Swietenia macrophylla and the high effectiveness of these microsatellites for population genetics, gene flow, and mating system studies in Khaya senegalensis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Reprodutiva de Plantas (LabGen), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Avenida André Araújo 2936 69083-000 Manaus, AM, Brazil. mlemes@inpa.gov.br
authors.forename: Maristerra R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lemes
authors.forename: Thana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Esashika
authors.forename: Orou G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Gaoue
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D056727:Endangered Species; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening / Q000379:methods; D056426:Genetic Loci; D006579:Heterozygote; D040582:Inheritance Patterns; D029582:Meliaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant