title: Microsatellite primers in Carex moorcroftii (Cyperaceae), a dominant species of the steppe on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite markers were developed in Carex moorcroftii, a rhizomatous clonal sedge that dominates the steppes and meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using the combined biotin capture method, 30 microsatellite primer sets were isolated and characterized. Twenty-two of these markers showed polymorphism, and the number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 11 across 96 individuals from four populations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These markers provide a useful tool to investigate the clonal structure and mating system of C. moorcroftii.
authors: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors: Wensheng
authors: W
authors: Liu
authors: Yin
authors: Y
authors: Zhou
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Liao
authors: Yao
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Zhiping
authors: Z
authors: Song
mesh_terms: D031255:Carex Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000378:metabolism*; D017753:Ecosystem; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D005828:Genetics, Population; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity; D018609:Tibet
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers