Browsing by Author "Feldheim, Kevin A."

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    Isolation and development of 13 new, polymorphic microsatellite loci for a threatened, understory tree, Mesogyne insignis, (Moraceae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains
    (Springer, 2012-02) Murdoch, Kellie C.; Ndangalasi, Henry J.; LeCaptain, M. K.; Clement, W. L.; Feldheim, Kevin A.; Cordeiro, Norbert J.
    Fourteen microsatellite loci were isolated from Mesogyne insignis, a threatened, African understory tree. Alleles ranged between two and eight per locus, with expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.063 to 0.845 and observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.000 to 0.733. One locus departed from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium leaving 13 polymorphic loci that will be used to study the genetic variability of fragmented populations so as to enhance the species conservation efforts.
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    Microsatellite Loci For Two East African Tree Species, Leptonychia Usambarensis (Sterculiaceae) and Sorindeia Madagascariensis (Anacardiaceae)
    (wiley, 2008-11) Cordeiro, Norbert J.; Feldheim, Kevin A.; Ikejimba, E.; Ndangalasi, Henry J.
    We isolated 20 trinucleotide microsatellites from two African tree species: Sorindeia madagascariensis (nine microsatellites) and Leptonychia usambarensis (11 microsatellites). Number of alleles ranged from three to seven in Sorindeia and two to 10 in Leptonychia. Observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.025 to 0.829 for Sorindeia and from 0.226 to 0.933 for Leptonychia. Two loci from each species departed from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These microsatellite markers will be used to study how forest fragmentation affects pollination and seed dispersal processes of these tree species.