Isolation and characterization of 15 SSR loci for the endangered European tetraploid species (Iridaceae).

Premise: (Iridaceae) is an endangered European perennial tetraploid herb with special conservation interest in the European Union. Microsatellite markers can serve as effective tools for the conservation genetics of this species.

Methods And Results: We utilized a 454 pyrosequencing approach to identify simple sequence repeat (SSR) regions in a microsatellite-enriched library.