title: Microsatellite markers for the relictual dove tree, Davidia involucrata (Cornaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite markers were developed for the dove tree, Davidia involucrata (Cornaceae), a Tertiary relict currently endemic to China, to investigate its population genetics and phylogeography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences Containing repeats (FIASCO) protocol, nine polymorphic microsatellite loci were identified and screened in 44 individuals from three wild populations of D. involucrata. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to three, while the observed heterozygosity and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.0000 to 0.6000 and from 0.0000 to 0.6323, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These new microsatellite loci will facilitate further studies of the population genetics and phylogeography of D. involucrata, as well as of the evolutionary history of the plant and other Tertiary relicts endemic to East Asia.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chengcheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Zhenyan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ranran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shaotian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yunheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
mesh_terms: D029767:Cornaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D018742:DNA, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D003710:Demography; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018742:DNA, Chloroplast; D018744:DNA, Plant