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Development of microsatellite markers for parentage analysis in the great tinamou ( Tinamus major )
Author(s) -
BRENNAN PATRICIA L. R.,
HYSENI CHAZ
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.1755-0998.2008.02122.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , loss of heterozygosity , evolutionary biology , genetics , zoology , allele , gene
Eighteen microsatellite loci were isolated from great tinamous ( Tinamus major ), which are large terrestrial birds found in the Neotropics. These are the first primers developed for the Order Tinamiformes. Paternity analyses are possible because the levels of heterozygosity are sufficiently high (0.29–0.90).