Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Psychotria tenuinervis (Rubiaceae), a shrub species from the Atlantic forest, and primers transferability from Coffea

• Published in: Conservation genetics Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 1883 - 1886
• Main Authors: de Lima, Paula Feliciano, Ramos, Flávio Nunes, Zucchi, Maria Imaculada, Möller, Milene, Priolli, Regina Helena Geribello, Colombo, Carlos Augusto, Solferini, Vera Nisaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.12.2009; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Genetics and Genomics; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Botany; Conservation; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Forests; Genetic markers; Life Sciences; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Population genetics; Technical Note; Brazil; Microsatellite markers; Rubiaceae
• ISSN: 1566-0621; 1572-9737
• DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9845-9

The shrub species Psychotria tenuinervis (Rubiaceae) is native to the Brazilian Atlantic forest and is largely found within natural and disturbed forest fragments. Aiming to develop studies on population genetic structure of forest fragment species, eigth microsatellite markers were developed for P. tenuinervis. Also, 15 loci already developed for Coffea (Rubiaceae) were tested for transferability to this species. We utilized 45 individuals from natural populations of three different fragments-anthropic edge, interior fragment and natural edge, within the Brazilian Atlantic forest. The average number of alleles per locus was 2.5 (two-four alleles/locus). These loci will be useful for future population genetic studies aiming to the conservation and management of this species.