title: Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Hebanthe eriantha (Amaranthaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hebanthe eriantha (Amaranthaceae) is extensively collected and used in folk medicine. Microsatellite markers were developed and characterized to investigate the genetic structure and diversity of germplasm collections of this species.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven highly polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed. The number of alleles observed for each locus ranged from two to eight. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.000 to 0.808 and 0.455 to 0.851, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results show the utility of microsatellite loci for studies of population genetics in H. eriantha, which are important for the future conservation and cultivation of this medicinal species.
authors: Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Quimicas Biologicas e Agricolas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. glyn@cpqba.unicamp.br
authors: Glyn M
authors: GM
authors: Figueira
authors: Miklos Maximiliano
authors: MM
authors: Bajay
authors: Carolina M S
authors: CM
authors: Silva
authors: Maria I
authors: MI
authors: Zucchi
authors: Mariza
authors: M
authors: Monteiro
authors: Marili V N
authors: MV
authors: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D027703:Amaranthaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D001938:Brazil; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D005843:Geography; D006579:Heterozygote; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data