Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the critically endangered crested ibis, Nipponia nippon (Ciconiiformes: Threskiornithidae)

The Chinese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon, is a critically endangered bird. The current population of this species has developed from four wild individuals rediscovered in 1981. Given its conservation status, there is considerable interest in assessing the genetic diversity and individual relatednes...

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Published in:Molecular ecology notes 2004-12, Vol.4 (4), p.615-617
Main Authors: JI, YA-JIE, LIU, YU-DI, DING, CHANG-QING, ZHANG, DE-XING
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
black-headed ibis
Ciconiiformes
cross-species amplification
microsatellite
Nipponia nippon
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Threskiornithidae
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Summary:The Chinese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon, is a critically endangered bird. The current population of this species has developed from four wild individuals rediscovered in 1981. Given its conservation status, there is considerable interest in assessing the genetic diversity and individual relatedness in this species. For this purpose, a set of eight polymorphic di‐ or trinucleotide microsatellite loci was developed for the crested ibis. The expected heterozygosity at these loci ranges from 0.01 to 0.50, with less than four alleles being observed at individual loci, a reflection of the serious population bottleneck experienced by this species.
ISSN:1471-8278
1471-8286
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00754.x