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Published on: October 5, 2017
PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Polymorphic microsatellite loci and interspecific cross-amplification in the parasitoid
S Garnier1, M Verduijn, S Preuss
1Institute of Evolutionary Biology, The University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK, UMR CNRS 5561 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France, Bioprofiles Ltd, The Ridley Building, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
Abstract:
We isolated and characterized 19 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the congeneric parasitoid wasps Megastigmus stigmatizans and Megastigmus dorsalis associated with cynipid oak galls. Loci isolated from species-specific libraries showed extensive cross-amplification, resulting in a total of 15 polymorphic loci for M. stigmatizans and 13 for M. dorsalis.

