Abstract
We isolated and characterized eight microsatellite markers for Dictyochloropsis reticulata, the primary photosynthetic partner of the epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria. These are the first microsatellite loci reported for a lichen symbiotic alga. These polymorphic markers will be useful for investigating spatial genetic structure, biogeography and dispersal of this eukaryotic alga and will generally shed light on the coevolution of the green-algal lichen symbioses.
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We thank C Cornejo for laboratory assistance, R Holderegger for valuable comments on the manuscript and T Terzani for his never-ending support. We also thank the Genetic Diversity Center at ETH Zürich, Switzerland (CCED-GDC) for technical assistance. We acknowledge financial support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (projects 31003A-105830 and 31003A-127346 to Christoph Scheidegger).
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Dal Grande, F., Widmer, I., Beck, A. et al. Microsatellite markers for Dictyochloropsis reticulata (Trebouxiophyceae), the symbiotic alga of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria (L.). Conserv Genet 11, 1147–1149 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-009-9904-2
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