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SUBMITTER: Kim BY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5231913 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Bo-Yun BY Park Han-Sol HS Kim Soonok S Kim Young-Dong YD
Applications in plant sciences 20170105 1
<h4>Premise of the study</h4>Microsatellite primers were developed for <i>Viscum coloratum</i> (Santalaceae), a semiparasitic medicinal plant that is known for its anticancer properties. Due to excessive human harvesting and loss of suitable habitat of its populations, it has become a potentially threatened species requiring immediate conservation efforts.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Based on transcriptome data for <i>V. coloratum</i>, 124 primer pairs were randomly selected for initial validatio ...[more]