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Development of 10 microsatellite loci for Yellow‐billed Magpies ( Pica nuttalli ) and corvid ecology and West Nile virus studies
Author(s) -
ERNEST HOLLY B.,
WELL JAY A.,
KURUSHIMA JENNIFER D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01921.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , west nile virus , allele , population , corvidae , zoology , ecology , genetics , virus , demography , gene , sociology
We developed 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for Yellow‐billed Magpies ( Pica nuttalli ). The primers were tested across a population of 57 Central California Yellow‐billed Magpies and displayed an average of 3.9 alleles per locus. Forty‐one American Crows ( Corvus brachyrhynchos ) from California were polymorphic for seven of the loci with an average of 2.9 alleles per locus. One additional microsatellite‐containing locus displayed diagnostic allele sizes and may be useful to distinguish between the two species. These corvid specific microsatellites will aid ecological studies of the population‐level effects of diseases, such as West Nile virus.