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Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated from the wasp, Microstigmus nigrophthalmus (Hymenoptera)
Author(s) -
LUCAS ERIC R.,
HORSBURGH GAVIN J.,
DAWSON DEBORAH A.,
FIELD JEREMY
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.1755-0998.2009.02714.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , hymenoptera , genus , zoology , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , allele
Fifty‐two microsatellite loci were characterized in 22–31 unrelated females of the wasp ( Microstigmus nigrophthalmus ) collected from the Mata do Paraiso, Viçosa, M.G., Brazil. Fifty‐one of these loci were developed from a microsatellite‐enriched genomic library derived from M. nigrophthalmus and one was derived from the wasp, Ormyrus nitidulus. The genus Microstigmus represents an independent origin of social behaviour in the Hymenoptera and is thus of great potential in the study of social evolution.