The genus Cercidiphyllum is considered to be a primitive, relictual angiosperm, with two extant species occurring in limited areas of East Asia. We developed seven microsatellite markers for Cercidiphyllum japonicum , of which, five showed a clear, strong single band for each allele. The average number of alleles and observed heterozygosity were 26.2 and 0.82, respectively. Three pairs of polymerase chain reaction primers successfully amplified the DNA of the other species, Cercidiphyllum magnificum .
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