Fifteen new polymorphic microsatellite loci for the meadow brown butterfly, Maniola jurtina

Publication date: December 2015 Source:Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 63 Author(s): Murielle Richard, Anne Villemey, Virginie M. Stevens, Gaelle Blanvillain, Sophie Dardenne, Michel Baguette We characterized fifteen microsatellite markers for the butterfly Maniola jurtina. For the six studied populations (96 samples) the total number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 55 and mean overall expected heterozygosity across all loci was 0.74. In spite of a high frequency of null alleles detected in part of the loci, a recurrent phenomenon in Lepidopteron, the estimation of pairwise FST seems rather insensitive to the presence of these null alleles as shown by the high correlation between FST calculated after correction for the presence of null alleles and non-corrected FST, indicating that the loci may be usable in population genetics, more specifically for the study of populations genetics structure.

Source: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology - October 27, 2015 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research