Open AccessEighteen microsatellite loci for endemic African weakly electric fish ( Campylomormyrus , Mormyridae) and their cross species applicability among related taxa
Author(s) -
FEULNER P. G. D.,
KIRSCHBAUM F.,
TIEDEMANN R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
molecular ecology notes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1471-8286
pISSN - 1471-8278
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00958.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , loss of heterozygosity , zoology , population , allele , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , demography , sociology
We describe isolation and characterization of the first microsatellite loci specifically developed for African weakly electric fish (Mormyridae), for the genus Campylomormyrus . Seventeen of our 18 loci are polymorphic within the Campylomormyrus numenius species complex. The polymorphic loci showed four to 15 alleles per locus, an expected heterozygosity between 0.46 and 0.94, and an observed heterozygosity between 0.31 and 1.00. Most primers also yield reproducible results in several other mormyrid species. These loci comprise a set of molecular markers for various applications, from moderately polymorphic loci suitable for population studies to highly polymorphic loci for pedigree analysis in mormyrids.