title: Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for Saxifraga egregia (Saxifragaceae).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Saxifraga egregia (Saxifragaceae) is a perennial herb that is endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. We developed 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci for S. egregia to investigate its population genetics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-eight pairs of microsatellite primers (including 36 monomorphic loci) were isolated and characterized by magnetic bead enrichment. Twelve of these markers showed polymorphism, and the number of alleles per locus ranged from four to 14 across 50 individuals from three populations of S. egregia. No linkage disequilibrium was detected in any pair of loci.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These polymorphic markers are expected to be helpful in further studies on the systematics and phylogeography of S. egregia in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
authors: Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, People's Republic of China.
authors: Faqi
authors: F
authors: Zhang
authors: Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, People's Republic of China ; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China.
authors: Yinhu
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, People's Republic of China.
authors: Qingbo
authors: Q
authors: Gao
authors: Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, People's Republic of China ; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China.
authors: Shuyun
authors: S
authors: Lei
authors: Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, People's Republic of China.
authors: Gulzar
authors: G
authors: Khan
authors: Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, People's Republic of China.
authors: Huiling
authors: H
authors: Yang
authors: Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, People's Republic of China.
authors: Shilong
authors: S
authors: Chen
keywords: Qinghai–Tibet Plateau; Saxifraga egregia; Saxifragaceae; genetic diversity; microsatellite loci