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Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the human botfly, Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Oestridae)
Author(s) -
BITARELLO BÁRBARA DOMINGUES,
TORRES TATIANA TEIXEIRA,
LYRA MARIANA LÚCIO,
DE AZEREDOESPIN ANA MARIA LIMA
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.1755-0998.2008.02454.x
Subject(s) - biology , loss of heterozygosity , allele , locus (genetics) , microsatellite , parasite hosting , zoology , veterinary medicine , genetics , gene , medicine , world wide web , computer science
In this report, we describe the development of 17 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the human botfly, Dermatobia hominis , an obligatory parasite of mammals of great veterinary importance in Latin America. The number of alleles ranged from 5 to 21 per locus, with a mean of 12.2 alleles per locus. The expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.2571 to 0.9206 and from 0.2984 to 0.9291 in two populations from Brazil. These markers should provide a high resolution tool for assessment of the fine‐scale genetic structure of natural populations of the human botfly.