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Ten polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Stephen H Kolomyjec1, Tom R Grant, David Blair
1School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Abstract:
We identified and optimized 10 microsatellite loci for the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata: Ornithorhynchidae), and screened 21 individuals from the southern tablelands area of New South Wales, Australia. Each polymorphic locus possessed between two and 12 alleles with observed heterozygosities between 0.118 and 0.950. The intent of this effort was to provide informative loci for studies on the population genetics of this species.
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