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Characterization of Mauritius parakeet ( Psittacula eques ) microsatellite loci and their cross‐utility in other parrots (Psittacidae, Aves)
Author(s) -
RAISIN CLAIRE,
DAWSON DEBORAH A.,
GREENWOOD ANDREW G.,
JONES CARL G.,
GROOMBRIDGE JIM 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.1755-0998.2009.02621.x
Subject(s) - parakeet , biology , microsatellite , zoology , locus (genetics) , population , loss of heterozygosity , allele , genetics , evolutionary biology , gene , demography , sociology
Abstract We characterized 21 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered Mauritius parakeet ( Psittacula eques ). Loci were isolated from a Mauritius parakeet genomic library that had been enriched separately for eight different repeat motifs. Loci were characterized in up to 43 putatively unrelated Mauritius parakeets from a single population inhabiting the Black River Gorges National Park, Mauritius. Each locus displayed between three and nine alleles, with the observed heterozygosity ranging between 0.39 and 0.96. All loci were tested in 10 other parrot species. Despite testing few individuals, between seven and 21 loci were polymorphic in each of seven species tested.