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Development of nine new microsatellite loci for the American beaver, Castor canadensis (Rodentia: Castoridae), and cross‐species amplification in the European beaver, Castor fiber
Author(s) -
PELZSERRANO KARLA,
MUNGUIAVEGA ADRIAN,
PIAGGIO ANTOINETTE J.,
NEUBAUM MELISSA,
MUNCLINGER PAVEL,
PÁRTL ADAM,
VAN RIPER III CHARLES,
CULVER MELANIE
Publication year - 2009
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.1755-0998.2008.02364.x
Subject(s) - castor canadensis , biology , beaver , microsatellite , loss of heterozygosity , locus (genetics) , allele , genetics , zoology , ecology , gene
We developed nine new nuclear dinucleotide microsatellite loci for Castor canadensis . All loci were polymorphic, except for one. The number of alleles ranged from two to four and from five to 12 in populations from Arizona and Wisconsin, respectively. Average heterozygosity ranged from 0.13 to 0.86 per locus. Since cross‐species amplification in Castor fiber was successful only in four loci, we tested also nine recently published C. canadensis loci in the Eurasian species. Eight of the published loci amplified; however, three were monomorphic. The number of alleles was lower in C. fiber than in C. canadensis at all loci tested.