Open AccessIsolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Acanthoscelides obvelatus Bridwell (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
Author(s) -
Alvarez N.,
Aebi A.,
Risterucci A.M.,
HossaertMckey M.,
Benrey B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
molecular ecology notes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1471-8286
pISSN - 1471-8278
DOI - 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00335.x
Subject(s) - biology , loss of heterozygosity , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , allele , population , genetics , zoology , evolutionary biology , gene , demography , sociology
Five microsatellite loci were isolated from the bruchid Acanthoscelides obvelatus Bridwell (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Each locus was polymorphic, with the number of alleles ranging from two to 15. We found high levels of within‐population variation at most loci, with heterozygosity ranging from 0.182 to 0.900. Cross‐species amplification of these loci was tested in two other species of the genus Acanthoscelides , A. obtectus Say and A. argillaceus Sharp.