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PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Cross‐family amplification: microsatellites isolated from Macropodidae are polymorphic in Potoroidae
Author(s) -
DONALDSON F. R.,
VERCOE P. E.
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.1471-8286.2007.01990.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , genetics , superfamily , polymorphism (computer science) , zoology , evolutionary biology , genotype , gene , allele
The superfamily Macropodoidea consists of two families — the Macropodidae and Potoroidae. Cross‐species amplification and polymorphism of microsatellite loci is widely recognized within the macropodid family; however, the success of macropodid loci in potoroid species has not been as widely published. In this study, we tested the amplification and polymorphism of 17 cross‐species microsatellite loci isolated from macropodids and potoroids in Bettongia lesueur (a potoroid). Success varied between loci and was not predicted by genetic distance from the species of isolation.