Microsatellite Loci from Lanyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans botelensis) and their Cross-Species Application in Four Species of Strigidae | Zendy

Yu Cheng Hsu | Zendy; Shou-Hsien Li | Zendy; Yao-Sung Lin | Zendy; Lucia Liu Severinghaus | Zendy

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Microsatellite Loci from Lanyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans botelensis) and their Cross-Species Application in Four Species of Strigidae

Author(s) -

Yu Cheng Hsu,

Shou-Hsien Li,

Yao-Sung Lin,

Lucia Liu Severinghaus

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

conservation genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.826

H-Index - 73

eISSN - 1572-9737

pISSN - 1566-0621

DOI - 10.1007/s10592-005-5477-x

Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , genetics , population , phylogenetic tree , polymorphism (computer science) , zoology , genotype , gene , allele , demography , sociology

We developed six new microsatellite markers containing tetranucleotide repeat motifs (GATA/CTAT) for Lanyu scops owl () from an enriched partial library. All these loci are polymorphic and conform to Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. We cross-species tested these and 12 other microsatellite primer pairs previously developed from on four other species of owls (, and ). Results showed that the degree of polymorphism decreased with increasing phylogenetic distance to . Most loci (66.7, 83.3, and 100%) were polymorphic in the three owls but only five (27.8%) were polymorphic in . These microsatellites should be very useful genetic markers in studying the mating system, population genetics, and conservation of other little studied Old World owls.

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