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Published on: December 5, 2016
Isolation of microsatellite loci from the coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui
Maureen B Peters1, Karen H Beard, Cris Hagen
1Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA, Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5230, USA, Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5305, USA, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Hilo Field Station, HI 96721, USA.
Abstract:
Thirteen microsatellite loci were isolated from the coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) and optimized for future research. The loci were screened across 37 individuals from two Puerto Rican populations. Loci were variable with the number of alleles per locus ranging from three to 38. Polymorphic information content ranged from 0.453 to 0.963 and observed heterozygosity for each population ranged from 0.320 to 0.920.

