title: Characterization of 10 new nuclear microsatellite markers in Acca sellowiana (Myrtaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite primers were identified and characterized in Acca sellowiana in order to expand the limited number of pre-existing polymorphic markers for use in population genetic studies for conservation, phylogeography, breeding, and domestication. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 10 polymorphic microsatellite primers were designed from clones obtained from a simple sequence repeat (SSR)-enriched genomic library. The primers amplified di- and trinucleotide repeats with four to 27 alleles per locus. In all tested populations, the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.269 to 1.0. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These new polymorphic SSR markers will allow future genetic studies to be denser, either for genetic structure characterization of natural populations or for studies involving genetic breeding and domestication process in A. sellowiana.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduation Program in Plant Genetic Resources, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CP 476 88034-000 Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gustavo H F
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Klabunde
authors.affiliation: Post Graduation Program in Plant Genetic Resources, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CP 476 88034-000 Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olkoski
authors.affiliation: Post Graduation Program in Plant Genetic Resources, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CP 476 88034-000 Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vinicius
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vilperte
authors.affiliation: Polo Centro Sul, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, CP 13400 970 Piracicaba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Zucchi
authors.affiliation: Post Graduation Program in Plant Genetic Resources, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CP 476 88034-000 Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rubens O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Nodari
keywords: Acca sellowiana; Plinia cauliflora; Plinia jaboticaba; Plinia trunciflora; feijoa; population genetics