title: Microsatellite markers for Plathymenia reticulata (Leguminosae)1.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite markers were developed and characterized to investigate genetic diversity and gene flow and to help in conservation efforts for the endangered timber species Plathymenia reticulata. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven microsatellite loci were characterized using 60 adult trees of two populations of P. reticulata from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil. Of these, nine loci were polymorphic, with an average of 4.39 alleles per locus. The average expected heterozygosity per population ranged from 0.47 to 0.55. The combined exclusion probability was 0.99996. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results reveal that the microsatellite markers developed in this study are an effective tool for paternity and genetic structure analysis that may be useful for conservation strategies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética, Centro de Biotecnologia e Genética (CBG), Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna Km 16 s/n, Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tarazi
authors.forename: Ivandilson P P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Cassio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Den Berg
authors.forename: Siu M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Fernanda A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Gaiotto
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D005828:Genetics, Population; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data