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Characterization of 24 microsatellite markers in 11 species of fire ants in the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author(s) -
ASCUNCE MARINA S.,
BOUWMA ANDREW M.,
SHOEMAKER DEWAYNE
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.1755-0998.2009.02688.x
Subject(s) - biology , hymenoptera , microsatellite , zoology , genus , ecology , genetics , gene , allele
The social parasite ant Solenopsis daguerrei infests colonies of several mound‐building fire ant species. Twenty‐four microsatellite markers were isolated from a repeat‐enriched genomic library of S. daguerrei . Eleven loci were polymorphic in this ant with two to six alleles per locus. Expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.0222 to 0.7940 among loci. Most microsatellites amplified successfully across the 11 Solenopsis species tested and will be useful for evolutionary genetic studies in this diverse ant group.