Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Paternity Analysis in the Fiddler Crab Uca mjoebergi

Microsatellite markers were developed for the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi for use in paternity assignment. Five highly variable loci were found to amplify reliably in U. mjoebergi, although one locus exhibited evidence for the presence of null alleles, and two loci exhibited evidence of linkage. The...

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Published in:Journal of crustacean biology 2009-04, Vol.29 (2), p.273-274
Main Authors: Kinnear, Mark, Smith, Leon M. A, Maurer, Golo, Backwell, Pat R. Y, Linde, Celeste C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decapoda
fiddler crab
Marine
microsatellite
paternity
polymorphism
Uca
Uca mjoebergi
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Summary:Microsatellite markers were developed for the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi for use in paternity assignment. Five highly variable loci were found to amplify reliably in U. mjoebergi, although one locus exhibited evidence for the presence of null alleles, and two loci exhibited evidence of linkage. The number of alleles, expected heterozygosity and probability of paternity exclusion (P > 0.999) suggest that these markers when combined provide sufficient power to determine paternity by exclusion in this species. Three primer pairs were found to also amplify PCR products from three additional fiddler crab species (U. dampieri, U. flammula and U. seismella), and will prove useful for phylogeography and behavioural ecology of fiddler crabs.
ISSN:0278-0372
1937-240X
DOI:10.1651/08-3049R.1