Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the sub-Saharan tree, Acacia (Senegalia) mellifera (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae)

  1. JUAN C. RUIZ-GUAJARDO1,
  2. ADRIANA OTERO-ARNAIZ2,
  3. TRAVIS TAYLOR3,
  4. GRAHAM STONE1,
  5. TRAVIS C. GLENN4,
  6. NANCY A. SCHABLE4,
  7. JOSEPH T. MILLER5,
  8. SONJA PREUSS1,
  9. ANDREW SCHNABEL3

Article first published online: 18 APR 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01809.x

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Molecular Ecology Notes

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volume 7, Issue 6, pages 1138–1140, November 2007

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RUIZ-GUAJARDO, J. C., OTERO-ARNAIZ, A., TAYLOR, T., STONE, G., GLENN, T. C., SCHABLE, N. A., MILLER, J. T., PREUSS, S. and SCHNABEL, A. (2007), Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the sub-Saharan tree, Acacia (Senegalia) mellifera (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 1138–1140. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01809.x

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  1. 1

    Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Kings Buildings, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK

  2. 2

    National Institute of Ecology, Periferico Sur 5000, Insurgentes Cuicuilco, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04530, Mexico

  3. 3

    Department of Biological Sciences, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN 46634, USA

  4. 4

    Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA

  5. 5

    Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA

* J. C. Ruiz-Guajardo, Fax: +44131 650 6564; E-mail: j.guajardo@ed.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 APR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 18 APR 2007
  3. Received 25 February 2007; revision accepted 20 March 2007

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Keywords:

  • Acacia mellifera;
  • Fabaceae;
  • microsatellites;
  • molecular markers;
  • Senegalia

Abstract

We isolated 11 polymorphic microsatellite markers from Acacia mellifera, a savannah woodland tree in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia. The loci were screened for polymorphism using 48 Kenyan individuals. Allelic diversity ranged from three to 19 per locus and the polymorphic information content varied from 0.287 to 0.893. These loci will be useful in studies of genetic structure, gene flow and breeding systems.

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