Microsatellite markers isolated from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi)
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Caroline Duffie1, Travis C Glenn, Cris Hagen
1Department of Biology R223, University of Missouri-St Louis, 1 University Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA.
Abstract:
Eight polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci were isolated from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) for future population genetic studies. Genetic variability was assessed using at least 38 individuals from two populations. Allele numbers ranged from three to nine per locus. Mean observed heterozygosity varied from 0.27 to 0.78. No locus deviated from Hardy-Weinberg (HW) or linkage equilibria in either population. The high levels of detected polymorphism indicate the utility of these markers for population genetic studies of this Galápagos species.
