Microsatellite
markers isolated from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi)
CAROLINE
DUFFIE1, TRAVIS C. GLENN2, CRIS HAGEN2,
and PATRICIA PARKER1
1Department
of Biology R223, University of Missouri-St Louis, 1 University Boulevard,
St Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA
2Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC
29802, USA
Abstract:
Eight polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci were isolated from the flightless
cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) for future population genetic
studies. Genetic variability was assessed using at least 38 individuals
from two populations. Allele numbers ranged from three to nine per locus.
Mean observed heterozygosity varied from 0.27 to 0.78. No locus deviated
from Hardy–Weinberg (HW) or linkage equilibria in either population.
The high levels of detected polymorphism indicate the utility of these
markers for population genetic studies of this Galápagos species.
Keywords:
Galápagos, microsatellite markers, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocorax
harrisi, population genetics
SREL Reprint #3080
Duffie, C.,
T. C. Glenn, C. Hagen and P. Parker. 2008. Microsatellite markers isolated
from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi). Molecular
Ecology Resources 2008(8): 625-627.
