title: Microsatellite primers for the narrowly endemic shrub Eriogonum giganteum (Polygonaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite primers were designed for Eriogonum giganteum var. formosum, an endemic shrub of San Clemente Island, to investigate population structure, genetic diversity, and demographic history.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from the California Channel Island endemic Eriogonum and were screened for variability. The primers amplified one to eight alleles in the target taxon. Many primers also amplified in conspecific and congeneric (E. arborescens, E. fasciculatum, E. grande, E. latifolium, and E. parvifolium) taxa and in the closely related Chorizanthe valida. The total number of alleles per locus for all taxa screened ranged from three to 24.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These primers will be useful for conservation genetic and evolutionary studies within the California Channel Island endemic Eriogonum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 57069, USA. lynn.riley01@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Mitchell E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McGlaughlin
authors.forename: Kaius
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Helenurm
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics*; D031803:Eriogonum / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006579:Heterozygote; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D059372:Nucleotide Motifs / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers