Characterization of expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite loci in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
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| Authors: | Zeng-Qiang Qian Y. Ching Crozier Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner Florian M. Steiner Ross H. Crozier |
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| Affiliation: | (1) School of Marine and Tropical Biology and Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia;(2) Institute of Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Boku, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Street. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria;(3) Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Hasenauer Street. 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria; |
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| Abstract: | The fire ant Solenopsis invicta has received considerable attention as a damaging invasive pest. In the present study, 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed from publicly available expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of S. invicta. The number of alleles varied between 3 and 12, with an average of 6.42 per locus. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.4167 to 1.0000 and from 0.3446 to 0.8543, respectively. These informative EST-derived microsatellite loci provide a powerful complementary tool for genetic studies of S. invicta. |
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