Development and characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellites for Rhododendron simsii Planch (Ericaceae)

摘要

Rhododendron simsii is an important garden plant. We isolated and characterized eight microsatellite loci in this species. The average allele number of these microsatellites was 7.1 per locus, ranging from 6 to 9. The observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.278–0.944 and 0.556–0.871, respectively. This set of markers is potentially useful to investigate the genetic structure, gene flow, and the phylogeography of R. simsii.