Development and characterization of twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite markers for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmexlundii, utilizing Illumina sequencing

We isolated and characterized a total of 22 microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii . The loci were screened for 24 individuals from southern Brazil and Uruguay. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 5 to 20, the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.417 to 0.917, and the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation genetics resources 2014-06, Vol.6 (2), p.319-322
Hauptverfasser: Rabeling, Christian, Bollazzi, Martin, Bacci, Maurício, Beasley, Rochelle R., Lance, Stacey L., Jones, Kenneth L., Pierce, Naomi E.
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Zusammenfassung:We isolated and characterized a total of 22 microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii . The loci were screened for 24 individuals from southern Brazil and Uruguay. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 5 to 20, the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.417 to 0.917, and the probability of identity values ranged from 0.011 to 0.38. These genetic markers will be useful for understanding the population and conservation biology of the leafcutter ant A. lundii and closely related species, and will provide novel insights into the evolutionary biology of social parasitism and leafcutter ant mating systems.
ISSN:1877-7252
1877-7260
DOI:10.1007/s12686-013-0078-3