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Isolation and characterization of 23 polymorphic microsatellite loci for a West Indian iguana ( Cyclura pinguis ) from the British Virgin Islands
Author(s) -
LAU JENNIE,
ALBERTS ALLISON C.,
CHEMNICK LEONA G.,
GERBER GLENN P.,
JONES KENNETH C.,
MITCHELL ADELE A.,
RYDER OLIVER A.
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.1755-0998.2009.02683.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , iguanidae , iguana , endangered species , locus (genetics) , zoology , loss of heterozygosity , genetic diversity , allele , ecology , lizard , genetics , sauria , population , habitat , demography , sociology , gene
Twenty‐three polymorphic microsatellite markers were identified and characterized for Cyclura pinguis , a critically endangered species of lizard (Sauria: Iguanidae) native to Anegada Island in the British Virgin Islands. We examined variation at these loci for 39 C. pinguis , finding up to five alleles per locus and an average expected heterozygosity of 0.55. Allele frequency estimates for these microsatellite loci will be used to characterize genetic diversity of captive and wild C. pinguis populations and to estimate relatedness among adult iguanas at the San Diego Zoo that form the nucleus of a captive breeding programme for this critically endangered species.