title: Characterization of nine  transferred SSR markers in the tropical tree species Enterolobium  contortisiliquum (Fabaceae).
abstract: Transfer  of molecular markers is widely used in conservation genetic studies. We  investigated the transferability of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers  developed for Enterolobium cyclocarpum to E. contortisiliquum, a  tropical tree widely distributed in dry forests. A set of 9 evaluated SSR  markers were amplified in E. contortisiliquum and the  degree of polymorphism was assessed in 8 trees sampled from each of 5  populations from central Brazil. All loci were polymorphic and the mean number  of alleles for all loci was 6. In addition, all pairs of SSR markers were in  linkage equilibrium. For most loci, the observed heterozygosity was higher than  the expected heterozygosity under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, with fixation  indices not significantly different from zero. The combined  probability of paternity exclusion was high and the probability of identity was  very low. We conclude that these SSR markers developed for E. cyclocarpum are  applicable for genetic studies of E. contortisiliquum.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. patriciadabreu@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: S A S
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005843:Geography; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D059372:Nucleotide Motifs / Q000235:genetics; D014197:Trees / Q000235:genetics*; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers