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PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Characterization of eight microsatellite loci in the woolly mouse opossum, Micoureus paraguayanus , isolated from Micoureus demerarae
Author(s) -
DIAS I. M. G.,
AMATO G.,
CARVALHO M. R. S.,
CUNHA H. M.,
PAGLIA A. P.,
DESALLE R.,
FONSECA C. G.
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.1471-8286.2007.01951.x
Subject(s) - biology , opossum , microsatellite , atlantic forest , amazon rainforest , genetic diversity , zoology , genetic resources , allele , amazon basin , genomic dna , genetics , ecology , dna , gene , population , demography , microbiology and biotechnology , sociology
Eight novel microsatellite markers were isolated from the woolly mouse opossum from the Amazon Forest in Peru, Micoureus demerarae , using a partial genomic DNA library and an enrichment protocol. These loci were polymorphic in M. demerarae and Micoureus paraguayanus populations from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil with the number of alleles ranging from two to 23. Those eight loci plus another five already described for M. paraguayanus will allow for the evaluation of genetic diversity of populations from the ‘Rio Doce’ Park, one of the last Atlantic Forest fragments in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.