title: Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for Phyllostachys edulis (Poaceae), an important bamboo species in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for Phyllostachys edulis (Poaceae), an ecologically and economically important bamboo species in China, to evaluate the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of P. edulis and other Phyllostachys species. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty microsatellite markers were developed and their polymorphisms were tested on 71 samples from three geographically disparate populations. Each locus exhibited between two and 10 alleles with an average of five alleles. Excluding monomorphic loci, observed and expected heterozygosity ranged from zero to one and from 0.041 to 0.676, respectively. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These 20 polymorphic microsatellite loci will be useful for studies on the molecular ecology, population genetics, and conservation of P. edulis.
authors.affiliation: Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei-Xin
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biodiversity Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wen-Ju
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yu-Long
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ding
keywords: Phyllostachys edulis; Poaceae; bamboo; microsatellite; population genetics