Microsatellite markers for Urochloa humidicola (Poaceae) and their transferability to other Urochloa species.

Urochloa humidicola is a warm-season grass commonly used as forage in the tropics and is recognized for its tolerance to seasonal flooding. This grass is an important forage species for the Cerrado and Amazon regions of Brazil. U. humidicola is a polyploid species with variable ploidy (6X-9X) and facultative apomixis with high phenotypic plasticity. However, this apomixis and ploidy, as well as the limited knowledge of the genetic basis of the germplasm collection, have constrained genetic breeding activities, yet microsatellite markers may enable a better understanding of the species' genetic composition. This study aimed to develop and characterize new polymorphic microsatellite molecular markers in U. humidicola and to evaluate their transferability to other Urochloa species.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	SANTOS, J. C. S., BARRETO, M. A., OLIVEIRA, F. A., VIGNA, B. B. Z., SOUZA, A. P.
Other Authors:	JEAN C. S. SANTOS, CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR E ENGENHARIA GENÉTICA-UNICAMP/CAMPINAS; MARIANA A. BARRETO, CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR E ENGENHARIA GENÉTICA-UNICAMP/CAMPINAS; FERNANDA A. OLIVEIRA, CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR E ENGENHARIA GENÉTICA-UNICAMP/CAMPINAS; BIANCA BACCILI ZANOTTO VIGNA, CPPSE; ANETE P. SOUZA, CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR E ENGENHARIA GENÉTICA-UNICAMP/CAMPINAS.
Format:	Artigo de periódico biblioteca
Language:	Ingles English
Published:	2015-05-07
Subjects:	Microsatellite, Genomic library, SSR transferability, Grass, forage,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1015020
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