Development of 198 novel EST-derived microsatellites in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae)

morphic among 10 E. urophylla and 10 E. tereticornis genotypes, with the number of alleles per locus, observed heterozygosity, and polymorphic information content being 2 – 17 (mean: 7.11), 0 – 1.0 (mean: 0.4511), and 0.0940 – 0.9131 (mean: 0.6571), respectively.  Conclusions: These markers will be useful for germplasm characterization, genome mapping, and gene tagging for economic traits in the two species examined and may have potential for genetic applications in Eucalyptus .