PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Development of microsatellite markers and analysis of their inheritance in the Australian reptile tick, Bothriocroton hydrosauri

Despite long‐term study, the mechanism explaining the parapatric distribution of two Australian reptile tick species is not understood. We describe the development of primers amplifying 10 microsatellite Bothriocroton hydrosauri loci, for the study of population structure and dispersal patterns of t...

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Published in:Molecular ecology resources 2008-03, Vol.8 (2), p.443-445
Main Authors: GUZINSKI, JARO, SAINT, KATHLEEN M., GARDNER, MICHAEL G., DONNELLAN, STEPHEN C., BULL, C. MICHAEL
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bothriocroton hydrosauri
inheritance
microsatellites
multiplex PCR
parapatric boundary
reptile tick
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Summary:Despite long‐term study, the mechanism explaining the parapatric distribution of two Australian reptile tick species is not understood. We describe the development of primers amplifying 10 microsatellite Bothriocroton hydrosauri loci, for the study of population structure and dispersal patterns of this tick. The numbers of alleles per locus ranged from two to seven in ticks from the study site, and the observed heterozygosity between 0.28 and 0.69. Pedigree analysis indicates that one locus is inherited in a non‐Mendelian manner in three families, which was not explained by null allele presence.
ISSN:1755-098X
1755-0998
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01987.x