Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite markers from Przewalskia tangutica (Solanaceae)

Abstract

Microsatellite-containing regions were isolated and characterized in Przewalskia tangutica Maxim (Solanaceae), an endemic and endangered species to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China. An enrichment protocol yielded 200 positive clones. We designed primers to amplify 29 unique microsatellites, 12 of which amplified cleanly and were polymorphic. A survey of 17 individuals showed that these loci are highly variable with the number of alleles ranging from 3 to 12, and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.2929 to 0.4947. Those markers will be useful for studies of population structure and intraspecific variation in P. tangutica. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.