Development  and characterization of 22 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the balloon  flower Platycodon grandiflorum (Campanulaceae).
The balloon flower (Platycodon  grandiflorum A. DC.) is a perennial flowering plant of the Campanulaceae  family; it is the only member of the genus Platycodon. Information on  the genetic diversity of balloon flower populations is of great importance for  the conservation and germplasm utilization of this flowering plant. Twenty-two  polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed and characterized with eight  balloon flower accessions collected from South Korea and China. Eighty-one  alleles were detected among the eight balloon flower accessions. The number of  alleles per locus ranged from two to six, with a mean of four alleles per  locus. The observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.000 to  0.875 (mean = 0.355) and 0.117 to 0.766 (mean = 0.489), respectively. The  polymorphic information content values ranged from 0.110 to 0.733, with a mean  of 0.449. These new microsatellite markers will be useful for population and  conservation genetic studies of P. grandiflorum.
National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, South Korea.
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D000483:Alleles; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D031238:Platycodon / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic