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Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera
Marie-Pierre Chapuis1, Julie-Anne Popple, Stephen J Simpson
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, The Macleay Building A12, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia, Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre de Biologie et Gestion des Populations (INRA / IRD / Cirad / Montpellier SupAgro), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France.
Abstract:
Few population genetics studies have been carried out on major locust species. In particular, an understanding of the population genetic structure of the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is lacking. We isolated and characterized eight polymorphic microsatellite loci in C. terminifera, and described experimental conditions for polymerase chain reaction multiplexing and genotyping these loci. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 11 to 29 and the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.797 to 0.977. One locus was found to be X-linked. Results of cross-taxon amplification tests are reported in four species of the Oedipodinae subfamily.
