title: Development of microsatellite markers in heterostylous Hedyotis chrysotricha (Rubiaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite primers were developed for a heterostylous herb, Hedyotis chrysotricha to investigate the effect of habitat fragmentation on its genetic diversity and population structure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve primer sets were developed and their polymorphisms were tested on 47 individuals from two island populations of H. chrysotricha in Thousand Island Lake of China. The number of alleles per locus ranged from five to 10, with an average of seven alleles. Expected heterozygosity per locus ranged from 0.284 to 0.821 and observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.191 to 0.851.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We showed that all of the 12 microsatellite markers developed for H. chrysotricha are polymorphic within populations, which should provide a powerful tool for assessing population structure and genetic diversity across fragmented and continuous populations, and for studying the genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on this species.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Koh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Ying-Xiong
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D017753:Ecosystem; D056426:Genetic Loci; D032064:Hedyotis / Q000235:genetics*; D006579:Heterozygote; D062312:Islands; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant