Characterization of microsatellite loci in the stick insects Bacillus rossius rossius,Bacillus rossius redtenbacheri and Bacillus whitei (Insecta: Phasmatodea)

Five microsatellite markers were obtained from a dinucleotide enriched genomic library of the stick insect Bacillus rossius rossius. The markers were tested in three species of Bacillus. All loci were polymorphic when tested across species. The number of alleles at each locus was low (maximum four alleles), but different allelic patters were observed among the species.