title: Eleven diverse nuclear-encoded phylogenetic markers for the subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Polyploidy is common in the grasses and low-copy nuclear loci are needed to further our understanding of phylogenetic relationships.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Genetic and genomic resources were combined to identify loci known to influence plant and inflorescence architecture. Degenerate primers were designed and tested to amplify regions of 11 nuclear-encoded loci across the panicoid grasses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The primers designed in this study amplify regions of a diverse set of genes within the panicoid grasses. Properly employed, these markers will allow the identification of allopolyploid taxa and their diploid progenitors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63121 USA. mcestep@gmail.com
authors.forename: Matt C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Estep
authors.forename: Dilys M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Vela Diaz
authors.forename: Jinshun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kellogg
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D006109:Poaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant