Development and characterization of a multiplex panel of microsatellite markers for the Reunion free-tailed bat Mormopterus francoismoutoui | Zendy

Muriel Dietrich | Zendy; Gildas Le Minter | Zendy; Magali Turpin | Zendy; Pablo Tortosa | Zendy

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Development and characterization of a multiplex panel of microsatellite markers for the Reunion free-tailed bat Mormopterus francoismoutoui

Author(s) -

Muriel Dietrich,

Gildas Le Minter,

Magali Turpin,

Pablo Tortosa

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

peerj

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.927

H-Index - 70

ISSN - 2167-8359

DOI - 10.7717/peerj.8036

Subject(s) - microsatellite , biology , evolutionary biology , genotyping , ecology , molecular ecology , population , loss of heterozygosity , evolutionary ecology , zoology , genetics , genotype , gene , allele , demography , sociology , host (biology)

The ecology and conservation status of many island-restricted bats remain largely unexplored. The free-tailed bat Mormopterus francoismoutoui is a small insectivorous tropical bat, endemic to Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Despite being widely distributed on the island, the fine-scale genetic structure and evolutionary ecology of M. francoismoutoui remain under-investigated, and therefore its ecology is poorly known. Here, we used Illumina paired-end sequencing to develop microsatellite markers for M. francoismoutoui , based on the genotyping of 31 individuals from distinct locations all over the island. We selected and described 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci with high levels of heterozygosity, which provide novel molecular markers for future genetic population-level studies of M. francoismoutoui .

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