Characterization of 14 microsatellite DNA markers for the tropical forest tree <I>Virola surinamensis</I> (Rol.) Warb. (Myristicaceae)

Draheim, Hope; Cui, Melissa; Dick, Christopher W.

Characterization of 14 microsatellite DNA markers for the tropical forest tree Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb. (Myristicaceae)

Draheim, Hope;Cui, Melissa;Dick, Christopher W.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02667.x

Date: 2009

Abstract:

Fourteen microsatellite DNA markers were developed for studies of gene flow in the Neotropical rain forest tree Virola surinamensis. The loci were unlinked and polymorphic in a sample of 21 individuals, with two to 10 alleles per locus and observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.14 to 0.76. The overall exclusion probability (0.997) indicates high resolution for parentage-based analyses of gene flow.