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Isolation and development of microsatellite markers for the Japanese dormouse, Glirulus japonicus
Author(s) -
YASUDA S. P.,
NAKAYAMA A. A.,
IWABUCHI M.,
MINATO S.,
TSUCHIYA K.,
SUZUKI H.
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.1755-0998.2008.02394.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , threatened species , allele , mitochondrial dna , genetic marker , population , genetics , zoology , evolutionary biology , ecology , gene , habitat , demography , sociology
Eight microsatellite markers were developed for the Japanese dormouse ( Glirulus japonicus ), a natural monument and near‐threatened species in Japan. The markers amplify in individuals from all of the mitochondrial lineages detected in a previous study. Numerous polymorphisms were detected in specimens from a local population in central Honshu (11–21 alleles per locus; n = 31) and from the entire distribution range of the species (19–41 alleles per locus; n = 152). These microsatellites will be useful in conservation genetic studies of G . japonicus .