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Polymerase chain reaction primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae)
Author(s) -
SCHMID VOLKER S.,
KAUTZ STEFANIE,
TRINDL ANDREAS,
HEINZE JÜRGEN
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.1755-0998.2009.02590.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , linkage disequilibrium , loss of heterozygosity , genetics , population , twig , allele , evolutionary biology , haplotype , gene , botany , demography , sociology
The elongate twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis is widely distributed in the New World ranging from southern USA to Brazil and northern Argentina. To investigate its within‐colony relatedness, we developed primers for nine polymorphic microsatellite loci. High levels of within‐population variation were observed, with number of alleles ranging from two to 13, and heterozygosity from 0.28 to 0.90. The loci showed no deviations from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and no linkage disequilibrium.