1. Eighteen SSR-primers for tetraploid Adansonia digitata and its relatives
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Erik Dahl Kjær, Alexandre Vaillant, Daniel Verhaegen, Anders Søndergaard Larsen, Centre for Forest Landcape and Planning, Institute of Food and Resource Economics [Copenhagen] (IFRO), Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management [Copenhagen] (IGN), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Diversité génétique et amélioration des espèces forestières (UPR Génétique forestière), and Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)
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0106 biological sciences ,Adansonia ,Locus (genetics) ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Gene flow ,F30 - Génétique et amélioration des plantes ,Open pollination ,Polyploid ,Génétique des populations ,Botany ,Genetics ,Marqueur génétique ,Allele ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Adansonia digitata ,Microsatellite ,Adansonia digitata Baobab Microsatellites SSR Segregation Crossamplification Polyploid ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
International audience; Co-dominant markers suitable for molecular ecological studies in the genus Adansonia are highly desirable in order to be able to address a number of interesting research questions related to the special life history traits, gene flow, and distribution dynamics of the Adansonia species. This note presents a set of 18 SSR- primers developed for Adansonia digitata, and tested for cross-amplification on all members of the Adansonia genus. All reported primers were found to amply loci with more than two alleles per locus in Adansonia digitata, reflecting its tretraploid nature. Segregation of alleles in open pollinated progenies from trees with four alleles per locus indicated polysomic inheritance for 14 of the 18 loci.
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- 2009