title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in the lichen Buellia frigida (Physciaceae), an Antarctic endemic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite markers were characterized for an Antarctic endemic, Buellia frigida, to investigate population structure and origin of Antarctic lichens.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five primer sets were characterized. All loci were polymorphic with eight to 16 alleles per locus in a sample of 59 lichens.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The microsatellite markers potentially provide insight into population structure and gene flow of B. frigida.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. tcj1@waikato.ac.nz
authors.forename: Tracey C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: T G A
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Ian D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D008011:Lichens / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant