Isolation and Identification of Fourteen Microsatellite Markers in <em>Clivia miniata</em> and <em>Clivia </em><em>n</em><em>obilis</em> (Amaryllidaceae)

Abstract

<em>Clivia</em> is a genus of great horticultural importance and has been widely cultivated as ornamental plants in all over the world. In order to assess the phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity of the wild <em>Clivia</em> species and cultivars, we isolated AC-enriched repeats using FIASCO from a single clone each of <em>C</em>. <em>miniata</em> Regel. and <em>Clivia</em> <em>nobilis</em> Lindl. Of the fourteen repeats, 10 were polymorphic and 4 were monomorphic. The polymorphic marker loci were characterized using 61 <em>Clivia</em> accessions. The number of alleles ranged from two to six, observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.04 to 1.00 and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.04 to 0.83. These microsatellite marker loci provide tools for future studies of <em>Clivia</em> species and cultivars.

Keywords

• &lt;em&gt;Clivia miniata&lt;/em&gt;
• &lt;em&gt;Clivia nobilis&lt;/em&gt;
• genetics diversity
• microsatellite