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Identification of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the zebra finch,Taeniopygia guttata (Passeridae,Aves) |
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| Authors: | DEBORAH A. DAWSON JOHN CHITTOCK ROBERT JEHLE APRIL WHITLOCK DENISE NOGUEIRA JAYNE PELLATT TIM BIRKHEAD TERRY BURKE |
| Abstract: | Polymorphic microsatellite loci were identified in order to determine paternity in a captive population of the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata. Primer sets from 93 published passerine microsatellite sequences were tested for cross‐species amplification. Thirteen loci were found to be polymorphic, of which, eight displayed null alleles and one locus (Ase50) was found to be Z‐chromosome linked. |
| Keywords: | avian cross‐species amplification microsatellite Passeridae passerine Taeniopygia guttata zebra finch |