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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the beaver ( Castor canadensis )
Author(s) -
CRAWFORD J.,
LIU Z.,
NELSON T.,
NIELSEN C.,
BLOOMQUIST C.
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.1471-8286.2007.02016.x
Subject(s) - biology , beaver , microsatellite , castor canadensis , locus (genetics) , loss of heterozygosity , linkage disequilibrium , genetics , population , allele , evolutionary biology , haplotype , ecology , demography , gene , sociology
We have isolated and characterized 10 microsatellite loci in the beaver ( Castor canadensis ). Sixty individuals from southern and central Illinois were screened at each locus. All loci exhibited moderate levels of polymorphism, ranging from five to 13 alleles per locus with average heterozygosity ranging from 0.317 to 0.867. Locus Cca5 deviated significantly from HWE ( P < 0.001). The locus pair Cca4/Cca5 was shown to be in linkage disequilibrium in southern Illinois, but not in the central Illinois population. The remaining eight loci will be useful in investigations of mating and kinship patterns in beaver populations in Illinois.