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Development and characterization of 11 microsatellite loci for the Mona Island iguana ( Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri )
Author(s) -
ROSAS K. G.,
PÉREZBUITRAGO N.,
ACEVEDO J. P.,
MARTÍNEZ N.,
FUNK S. M.,
MCMILLAN W. O.
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.1755-0998.2007.02080.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , loss of heterozygosity , iguana , allele , zoology , genetics , evolutionary biology , gene
We isolated and characterized 11 microsatellite loci in the Mona Island iguana ( Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri ). Eleven loci exhibit moderate to high allelic diversity (two to 12 alleles, mean = 4.5) and polymorphism (mean observed heterozygosity, 0.56; range, 0.26 to 0.78) in 41 adults. This marker set has low probability of identity and high parentage exclusion power and will be suitable for studies of paternity, social organization and relatedness in this species.