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Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the sand pocket mouse Chaetodipus arenarius , an endemic from the Baja California Peninsula
Author(s) -
MUNGUIAVEGA A.,
RODRIGUEZESTRELLA R.,
NACHMAN M.,
CULVER M.
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.1755-0998.2008.02399.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , loss of heterozygosity , locus (genetics) , gene flow , allele , genetics , range (aeronautics) , evolutionary biology , gene , genetic variation , materials science , composite material
Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from an enriched genomic library of the sand pocket mouse Chaetodipus arenarius . The mean number of alleles per locus was 11.53 (range five to 19) and the average observed heterozygosity was 0.764 (range 0.121 to 1.0). The markers will be used for detecting the impact of human‐induced habitat fragmentation on patterns of gene flow, genetic structure, and extinction risk. In addition, these markers will be useful across the genus because most of the loci cross‐amplified and were polymorphic in three other species of Chaetodipus .