Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in Acca sellowiana (Berg) Burret.

SANTOS, K. L.; SANTOS, M. O.; LABORDA, P. R.; SOUZA, A. P.; PERONI, N.; NODARI, R. O.

Acca sellowiana has commercial potential because of the quality and the unique flavor of its fruit. Conservation of natural populations and management of breeding programmes would benefit from the availability of molecular markers that could be used to characterize levels and distribution of genetic variability. Thus, 13 microsatellite markers were developed from an enriched genomic library of A. sellowiana. They were characterized using 40 samples. The expected and observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.513 to 0.913 and from 0.200 to 0.889, respectively. These are the first microsatellite loci characterized from A. sellowiana that will contribute to improve researches on the genetic conservation, characterization and breeding.

FRUIT development; FRUIT flavors & odors; PLANT diversity conservation; PLANT populations; PLANT breeding; GENETIC markers; MICROSATELLITE repeats; GENE libraries

Molecular Ecology Resources, 2008, Vol 8, Issue 6, p1417

1755-098X

Academic Journal

10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02213.x