Development of polymorphic simple sequence repeat markers in (Lycopodiaceae).

Premise: The natural population size of (Lycopodiaceae) has dramatically decreased and the species has become endangered due to overexploitation. Here, we developed simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for to survey both its genetic diversity and population structure.

Methods And Results: Based on 177 individuals, 120 SSR primer pairs were developed and optimized from five regions of the transcriptomic data.