Characterization and PCR multiplexing of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata |
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| Authors: | DENIS FOURNIER,JULIEN FOUCAUD,ANNE LOISEAU,SANDRINE CROS‐ARTEIL,HERV JOURDAN,J R
ME ORIVEL,JULIEN LE BRETON,JEAN CHAZEAU,ALAIN DEJEAN,LAURENT KELLER,ARNAUD ESTOUP |
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| Affiliation: | DENIS FOURNIER,JULIEN FOUCAUD,ANNE LOISEAU,SANDRINE CROS‐ARTEIL,HERVÉ JOURDAN,JÉRÔME ORIVEL,JULIEN LE BRETON,JEAN CHAZEAU,ALAIN DEJEAN,LAURENT KELLER,ARNAUD ESTOUP |
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| Abstract: | Highly polymorphic genetic markers provide a useful tool for estimating genetic parameters in studies of the evolution of sociality in insects. We isolated and characterized 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the invasive ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, and described experimental conditions for PCR (polymerase chain reaction) multiplexing and simultaneously genotyping these loci in two sets of five and seven markers. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 14 and the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.233 to 0.967. Moreover, results of cross‐species amplification tests are reported in three other species of Wasmannia and in two species of the genus Allomerus. |
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| Keywords: | ants Blepharidattini invasion microsatellites Myrmicinae pest Wasmannia |
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