Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne

Acacia tortilis is a drought tolerant multipurpose dryland tree species widely distributed in Africa and Asia. Its overexploitation has caused its population decrease. A set of 11 polymorphic nuclear microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for A. tortilis using samples from three natural...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inConservation genetics resources Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 529 - 531
Main Authors Omondi, Stephen Fredrick, Machua, Joseph, Gicheru, John, Hanaoka, So
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Acacia tortilis
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Conservation Biology/Ecology
Drought resistance
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetic markers
Heterozygosity
Life Sciences
Microsatellite Letters
Microsatellites
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Microsatellite
Population
Forsk.
Genetic diversity
Multipurpose tree
Conservation
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Acacia tortilis is a drought tolerant multipurpose dryland tree species widely distributed in Africa and Asia. Its overexploitation has caused its population decrease. A set of 11 polymorphic nuclear microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for A. tortilis using samples from three natural populations from Kenya. All the loci were polymorphic and on average, 14 alleles per locus were detected ranging from 12 to 16. Expected and observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.681 to 0.856 and 0.656–0.85 respectively. These microsatellite markers will provide valuable genetic data for studies and sustainable management strategy for A. tortilis .
ISSN:1877-7252
1877-7260
DOI:10.1007/s12686-014-0413-3