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- Title
Transferability of Psidium microsatellite loci in Myrteae (Myrtaceae): a phylogenetic signal.
- Authors
Bernardes, Carolina De Oliveira; Tuler, Amélia Carlos; Ferreira, Adésio; Carvalho, Marina Santos; Nogueira, Angélica Maria; Ferreira, Marcia Flores Da Silva
- Abstract
Myrteae is the most diverse tribe, in number of species and genera, of the family Myrtaceae, representing half of the family’s biodiversity. Analysis of universal cross-transferable genetic markers across genera/species is essential and may significantly contribute towards the better understanding of species systematics and evolution. In the present study, a total of 133 sequence-tagged microsatellite markers from Psidium guajava L. were evaluated for transferability to forty-four species of the tribe Myrteae, which represent nine different genera of the family Myrtaceae (Myrciaria, Plinia, Pimenta, Acca, Campomanesia, Psidium, Eugenia, Syzygium, and Eucalyptus). Cross-transferable simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were employed to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships between them. The results indicated a high level of congruence with earlier reports regarding genetic divergence and taxa clustering. An analysis to optimize the number of SSR markers was also performed, revealing that even a small amount is capable of determining the systematic positions of different genera/species of the Myrteae tribe.
- Subjects
GENETIC markers in plants; MYRTACEAE; PHYLOGENY; MICROSATELLITE repeats in plants; GUAVA
- Publication
Euphytica, 2018, Vol 214, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
0014-2336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10681-018-2195-2