Identification and characterization of microsatellite loci in the tuliptree, (Magnoliaceae).

Premise Of The Study: Twenty-three polymorphic microsatellite loci (simple sequence repeats) were identified and characterized for (Magnoliaceae), a species native to eastern North America, to investigate its genetic diversity, population structure, and mating system.

Methods And Results: Using Illumina HiSeq paired-end reads from genomic DNA, searches for repeat motifs identified approximately 280,000 potentially amplifiable loci. Of 77 loci tested, 51 amplified consistently.