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Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Chinese medicinal plant Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae)

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Artemisia annua is an important medicinal plant from which Artemisinin was extracted to cure malaria effectively. We developed eight microsatellite markers from the genome of A. annua using the FIASCO protocol. Polymorphism of each locus was assessed in 54 individuals from two Chinese populations. The average allele number of these microsatellites was 3.1 per locus, ranging from 2 to 6. The observed (H O) and expected (H E) heterozygosity were from 0.019 to 0.907 and from 0.055 to 0.793, respectively. These microsatellite markers would provide a useful tool for genetic studies of A. annua.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by National Science Foundation of China (No. 30660222), Key Technologies Research and Development Program of Guangxi (No. 0663003), Science Foundation of Guangxi (No. 0640138). We likewise acknowledge BCSU No. 071228 of Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, SCBG-CAS.

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  1. South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China

    Hui-Run Huang & Xue-Jun Ge

  2. School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

    Guang Zhou

  3. Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, 541006, China

    Xiao Wei, Yun-Sheng Jiang & Hui Tang

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Correspondence to Xiao Wei.

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H.-R. Huang and G. Zhou have contributed equally to this work.

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Huang, HR., Zhou, G., Ge, XJ. et al. Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Chinese medicinal plant Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae). Conserv Genet 10, 593–595 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-008-9585-2

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