title: Characterization of microsatellite loci in the lichen fungus Lobaria pulmonaria (Lobariaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Microsatellite loci were developed for the threatened haploid lichen fungus Lobaria pulmonaria to increase the resolution to identify clonal individuals, and to study its population subdivision. •
  
  
  RESULTS
  We developed 14 microsatellite markers from 454 DNA sequencing data of L. pulmonaria and tested for cross-amplification with L. immixta and L. macaronesica. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 23. Nei's unbiased gene diversity, averaged over loci, ranged from 0.434 to 0.517 in the three studied populations. •
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new markers will increase the genetic resolution in studies that aim at disentangling clones in L. pulmonaria and may be useful for closely related species within Lobaria sect. Lobaria.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Werth
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornejo
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scheidegger
keywords: Ascomycetes; Ascomycota; Lobaria pulmonaria; lichen fungi; microsatellites; population subdivision