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Development of microsatellite markers for Bambusa arnhemica (Poaceae: Bambuseae), a bamboo endemic to northern Australia

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Bambusa arnhemica is a bamboo species endemic to northern Australia. We isolated and characterized nine microsatellite loci from this species. The number of alleles ranged from 2 to 16 with an average of 6.8, and expected heterozygosities from 0.40 to 0.84 with an average of 0.69. The markers described here will be useful to investigate clump structure, evolution of the bamboo flowering wave, patterns of gene flow, and the biogeographic history of B. arnhemica in Australia.

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This work was supported by the Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, and the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program at Hiroshima University. David Bowman commented helpfully on a manuscript draft.

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  1. Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8529, Japan

    Shingo Kaneko

  2. School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, 0909, Australia

    Donald C. Franklin

  3. Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan

    Nozomi Yamasaki

  4. Laboratory of Forest Biology, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Yuji Isagi

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Kaneko, S., Franklin, D.C., Yamasaki, N. et al. Development of microsatellite markers for Bambusa arnhemica (Poaceae: Bambuseae), a bamboo endemic to northern Australia. Conserv Genet 9, 1311–1313 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-007-9467-z

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