title: Characterization of nuclear microsatellite loci in the calcareous fen specialist Scorpidium cossonii (Calliergonaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nuclear microsatellite markers were developed in the fen specialist moss, Scorpidium cossonii, to study genetic diversity and genetic structure of this species in relation to land-use types, habitat fragmentation, and habitat conservation measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The polymorphisms of 14 microsatellite markers were characterized. All primers were tested on 140 gametophytes collected from four populations in Switzerland. The primers amplified di- and trinucleotide repeats with three to 26 alleles per locus. The primers worked also in the two other species of the genus: 14 and 12 primers successfully amplified in S. revolvens and S. scorpioides, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In future studies, our primers have the potential to provide valuable information on genetic diversity, genetic structure, and on historical and recent gene flow in S. cossonii; they should also enable related research in other Scorpidium species.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. yuppayao.kophimai@wsl.ch
authors.forename: Yuppayao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kophimai
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornejo
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peintinger
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bergamini
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scheidegger
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019068:Bryopsida / Q000235:genetics*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005828:Genetics, Population; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data