title: Development of microsatellite markers for Qualea grandiflora (Vochysiaceae), a typical species of the Brazilian cerrado.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite primers were developed to investigate genetic diversity and population structure of Qualea grandiflora, a typical species of the Brazilian cerrado.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight microsatellite loci were isolated using an enrichment cloning protocol. These loci were tested on a population of 110 individuals of Q. grandiflora collected from a cerrado fragment in São Paulo State, Brazil. The loci polymorphism ranges from seven to 19 alleles and the average heterozygosity value is 0.568, while the average polymorphic information content is 0.799.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The developed markers were found to be highly polymorphic, indicating their applicability to studies of population genetic diversity in Q. grandiflora.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ/USP), Av. Padua Dias 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13400-970, Brazil. liamaris@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lia Maris Orth
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Miklos Maximiliano
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bajay
authors.forename: Mariza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: Renata G V C
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Maria Andréia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Paulo Yoshio
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Kageyama
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D017753:Ecosystem; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant