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Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater, Puffinus mauretanicus
Author(s) -
GONZALEZ E. G.,
GENOVART M.,
ORO D.,
ZARDOYA R.,
JUSTE J.
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.1755-0998.2009.02563.x
Subject(s) - shearwater , biology , puffinus , critically endangered , microsatellite , locus (genetics) , zoology , allele , population , endangered species , seabird , genetics , ecology , gene , demography , sociology , habitat , predation
Ten novel polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from the Balearic shearwater ( Puffinus mauretanicus ), a critically endangered seabird. The developed loci revealed a relatively low number of alleles per locus, as well as low levels of polymorphism ( H O = 0.377 ± 0.241). One of the loci appeared to be W‐linked. All polymorphic loci were successfully amplified in its closely related species, the Yelkouan shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan ). These microsatellite markers would be useful for assessing population structure in the Balearic shearwater and the possible hybridization process between both shearwaters species.