Microsatellite markers isolated from Drosophila hydei
Maureen
B. Peters1, Cris Hagen1, Brian Snyder2,
Travis C. Glenn1,4, and
Patricia Adair Gowaty3,5
1Savannah
River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, PO Drawer E, Aiken,
SC 29802, USA
2Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
30602, USA
3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University
of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
4Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health,
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
5Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO
AA 34002-0948, USA
Abstract:
We
isolated and characterized 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Drosophila
hydei. The
number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 8 (N = 23 individuals).
Polymorphic information
content ranged from 0.316 to 0.750 and observed heterozygosity from 0.261
to 0.913. These
markers will be valuable in studies of sexual selection and parental investment
in D. hydei.
Key words: anisogamy, Drosophila hydei, microsatellites, parentage
analysis, PCR, sexual selection
SREL Reprint #3114
Peters, M.
B., C. Hagen, B. Snyder, T. C. Glenn, and P. A. Gowaty. 2009. Microsatellite
markers isolated from Drosophila hydei. Molecular Ecology Resources
9(3): 817-819.
