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Armadillidium vulgare  is a terrestrial isopod (Crustacea, Oniscidea) which harbors  Wolbachia  bacterial endosymbionts.  A. vulgare  is the major model for the study of  Wolbachia -mediated feminization of genetic males in crustaceans. As a consequence of their impact on host sex determination mechanisms,  Wolbachia  endosymbionts are thought to significantly influence  A. vulgare  evolution on various grounds, including population genetic structure, diversity and reproduction strategies. To provide molecular tools for examining these questions, we isolated microsatellite loci through 454 pyrosequencing of a repeat-enriched  A. vulgare  genomic library. We selected 14 markers and developed three polymorphic microsatellite multiplex kits. We tested the kits on two  A. vulgare  natural populations and found high genetic variation, thereby making it possible to investigate the impact of  Wolbachia  endosymbionts on  A. vulgare  nuclear variation at unprecedented resolution. In addition, we tested the transferability of these kits by cross-species amplification in five other terrestrial isopod species harboring  Wolbachia  endosymbionts. The microsatellite loci showed good transferability in particular in  Armadillidium nasatum  and  Chaetophiloscia elongata , for which these markers represent promising tools for future genetic studies.

Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Loci for the Isopod Crustacean Armadillidium vulgare and Transferability in Terrestrial Isopods