Development and characterization of 29 polymorphic EST-SSR markers for Stipa purpurea (Poaceae).
OBJECTIVE
Expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers were developed using Illumina sequencing for further genetic diversity studies of Stipa purpurea (Poaceae).


RESULTS
Twenty-nine polymorphic and eight monomorphic EST-SSR loci were developed and characterized in 90 individuals from nine S. purpurea populations. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 13, and heterozygosity within populations and total heterozygosity ranged from 0.04-0.76 and from 0.04-0.87, respectively. Of 37 loci, 12 showed interspecific transferability and polymorphism in a related species, S. glareosa.


CONCLUSIONS
These newly developed EST-SSR primers provide a useful tool to investigate genetic diversity at the population level and to analyze the population structure of S. purpurea.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, People's Republic of China; Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, People's Republic of China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xin
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Yin
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, People's Republic of China; Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, People's Republic of China.
Yunqiang
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Yang
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, People's Republic of China; Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, People's Republic of China.
Yongping
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Yang
Poaceae; Stipa purpurea.; expressed sequence tag–simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR); polymorphism