title: Development of microsatellite markers from Cercis chinensis (Fabaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite markers were developed to characterize the level of genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Cercis chinensis, a widely cultivated garden plant in China with congeneric species disjunctly distributed in East Asia, North America, and the Mediterranean.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences COntaining repeats (FIASCO) protocol, eight microsatellite markers were developed in C. chinensis. Seven of the markers displayed polymorphism, with the number of alleles ranging from one to four in four populations of C. chinensis. Four to six microsatellite loci exhibited interspecific transferability in C. glabra, C. chuniana, and C. chingii.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These are the first microsatellite markers developed for C. chinensis, which will be further used in investigation of population genetic structure and phylogeographic pattern of C. chinensis and its congeneric species.
authors: College of Life Sciences, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Gong
authors: Tingting
authors: T
authors: Duan
authors: Dianxiang
authors: D
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058974:Phylogeography; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers