Cross-species amplification of nuclear EST-microsatellites developed for other Pinus species in Pinus nigra
Journal: Genetika
Year: 2015

Due to the current lack of nuclear microsatellites (simple sequence repeats - SSRs) specifically developed for Pinus nigra, an important European coniferous species, we cross-species amplified 12 EST-SSRs (expressed sequence tagged SSRs) developed for other Pinus species in P. nigra in order to delineate loci which can be used for assessing levels of genetic diversity and genetic structuring in this species. We amplified these loci in individuals from seven populations from the central Balkans r