title: Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Panax notoginseng (Araliaceae), a Chinese traditional herb.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite primers were developed for a Chinese traditional herb, Panax notoginseng, to investigate its genetic diversity and cultivar breeding.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from the microsatellite-enriched genomic library of P. notoginseng. The polymorphisms were assessed in two populations and an assemblage containing individuals from the whole distribution area. The number of alleles per locus ranged from three to 12, with a mean of 5.8, and the observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.0411 to 0.8472 and from 0.0804 to 0.7653, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These new microsatellite markers will be useful for investigation of the genetic diversity of cultivated P. notoginseng as well as assist in cultivar breeding.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Yun-Juan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Zhong-Jian
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shi-Liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053723:Panax notoginseng / Q000235:genetics*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic