title: New loci of Lychnophora ericoides and transferability to Lychnophora pinaster, endangered medicinal species from Brazil.
abstract: Lychnophora ericoides and Lychnophora pinaster are species used in popular medicine as analgesic or anti-inflammatory agents to treat contusions, rheumatism, and insect bites. In this study, 21 simple sequence repeat loci of L. ericoides were developed and transferred to L. pinaster. Three populations of L. ericoides and 2 populations of L. pinaster were evaluated; they were collected in the State of Minas Gerais. Population parameters were estimated, and the mean values of observed and expected heterozygosity were 0.297 and 0.408 (L. ericoides) and 0.228 and 0.310 (L. pinaster), respectively. Greater genetic variability was observed within populations than between populations of L. ericoides (62 and 37%) and L. pinaster (97 and 2.8%). These results provide information for genetic conservation and taxonomic studies of these endangered species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Produção Vegetal/Horticultura, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: M A R
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Instituto Agronômico, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: M O M
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Hortaliças, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: B B Z
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Vigna
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética e Melhoramento de Plantas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bajay
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética e Melhoramento de Plantas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Semir
authors.affiliation: Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Pólo Centro Sul, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil mizucchi@apta.sp.gov.br.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Zucchi
mesh_terms: D018650:Arnica / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D001938:Brazil; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D056727:Endangered Species; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant