Microsatellite markers developed for a Swedish population of sand lizard (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Lacerta agilis</Emphasis>) |
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Authors: | Tonia S Schwartz Mats Olsson |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Conservation Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, 2522, NSW, Australia;(2) Present address: 2102 Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA |
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Abstract: | Populations of sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) are declining throughout its north-western range. Here we characterize fifteen new microsatellite markers developed specifically
for parentage analysis in a small Swedish population of sand lizards. These loci were screened in the Asketunnan population
and a much larger and genetically diverse Hungarian population, with heterozygosities ranging from (0.217–0.875) and (0.400–0.974),
respectively. All loci were in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium in the Swedish population but eight loci had significant heterozygote
deficiencies in the Hungarian population. Two loci were significantly linked in both populations. These microsatellite loci
are likely to be applicable in research on other sand lizard populations throughout Europe.
An erratum to this article can be found at |
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Keywords: | DNA markers Microsatellite Simple tandom repeat Paternity Lacertid |
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