| Summary: | Premise of the study: Microsatellite markers were developed in the perennial herb <i>Solidago altissima</i> from populations within its introduced range in Japan to assess its population structure and to facilitate tracking of invasion expansion.
Methods and Results: Using 454 pyrosequencing, 16 microsatellite primer sets were developed for <i>S. altissima</i>. The primer sets were tested on 70 individuals sampled from three populations in Japan. The primers amplified di- and trinucleotide repeats with five to 25 alleles per locus, and the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.46 to 0.92.
Conclusions: These results indicate the utility of primers in <i>S. altissima</i> for future research on a wide range of applications, including tracking of invasion dynamics and investigating population genetics of the species.
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