<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Wisteria floribunda</italic> is a deciduous liana species widely distributed in Japan. It is essential to evaluate the clonal structure of this species because high clonal ability enables lianas to make dense colonies after canopy gaps occur. Therefore, we developed 10 microsatellite markers for <italic>W. floribunda</italic> from genomic shotgun sequences available in the publicly available database to study clonal structure and life history strategy of this species. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 7 to 16, with an average of 10.2. The observed and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.483 to 0.926 and from 0.642 to 0.916, with averages of 0.769 and 0.800, respectively. These findings will contribute to the understanding of ecological roles and management of this species.</p></abstract>

Wisteria floribunda is a deciduous liana species widely distributed in Japan. It is essential to evaluate the clonal structure of this species because high clonal ability enables lianas to make dense colonies after canopy gaps occur. Therefore, we developed 10 microsatellite markers for W. floribunda from genomic shotgun sequences available in the publicly available database to study clonal structure and life history strategy of this species. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 7 to 16, with an average of 10.2. The observed and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.483 to 0.926 and from 0.642 to 0.916, with averages of 0.769 and 0.800, respectively. These findings will contribute to the understanding of ecological roles and management of this species.

Development and characterization of 10 microsatellite markers from <italic>Wisteria floribunda</italic> (Fabaceae)

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Silvae Genetica

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Development and characterization of 10 microsatellite markers from  (Fabaceae)

Wisteria floribunda is a deciduous liana species widely distributed in Japan. It is essential to evaluate the clonal structure of this species because high...

Development and characterization of 10 microsatellite markers from Wisteria floribunda (Fabaceae)

Publié en ligne: 12 juin 2017

Pages: 55 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2016-0007

Mots clés
liana, Fabaceae, microsatellite, simple sequence repeat, genomic

© 2016 Hideki Mori et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Development and characterization of 10 microsatellite markers from Wisteria floribunda (Fabaceae)

Publié en ligne: 12 juin 2017

Pages: 55 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2016-0007

Mots clésliana, Fabaceae, microsatellite, simple sequence repeat, genomic

© 2016 Hideki Mori et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
liana, Fabaceae, microsatellite, simple sequence repeat, genomic