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Polymorphic microsatellite loci for primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata
Author(s) -
JOHNY S.,
CHAKRABORTY S.,
GADAGKAR R.,
NAGARAJU 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.1755-0998.2009.02597.x
Subject(s) - biology , eusociality , polygyny , microsatellite , zoology , population , vespidae , hymenoptera , ecology , evolutionary biology , genetics , allele , gene , demography , sociology
We report here development and characterization of 48 novel microsatellite markers for Ropalidia marginata , a tropical, primitively eusocial polistine wasp from peninsular India. Thirty‐two microsatellites showed polymorphism in a wild population of R. marginata ( N = 38) collected from Bangalore, India. These markers will facilitate answering some interesting questions in ecology and evolutionary biology of this wasp, such as population structure, serial polygyny, intra‐colony genetic relatedness and the pattern of queen succession.