Microsatellite markers for the tetraploid halophyte Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort. (Chenopodiaceae) and cross-species amplification in related taxa

Kathleen Prinz; Isabell Hensen; Stephan Schie; Thomas Debener; Kurt Weising

doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02620.x

Microsatellite markers for the tetraploid halophyte Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort. (Chenopodiaceae) and cross-species amplification in related taxa

Mol Ecol Resour. 2009 Jul;9(4):1247-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02620.x. Epub 2009 Mar 10.

Authors

Kathleen Prinz¹, Isabell Hensen, Stephan Schie, Thomas Debener, Kurt Weising

Affiliation

¹ Plant Molecular Systematics, University of Kassel, D-34109 Kassel, Germany.

PMID: 21564891
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02620.x

Abstract

We developed 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the tetraploid halophyte Suaeda maritima (Chenopodiaceae). Population genetic parameters were estimated for three populations from different habitats (coastal and inland), using the program Tetrasat. Between two and 15 alleles per locus were observed. Mean expected heterozygosities (H(E) ) and Shannon-Wiener Diversity Indices (H') per locus and population ranged from zero to 0.852, and from zero to 2.990, respectively. The two inland populations were less diverse than the coastal one at most of the loci. All markers cross-amplified in the closely related Suaeda salsa, and all but one were transferable to Suaeda spicata and Suaeda salinaria.