Application of microsatellite primers for the social wasp Polistes to another social wasp genus, Parapolybia, to estimate genetic relationships among nestmates |
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Authors: | Shin'ichi KATADA Tadashi SUZUKI Koji TSUCHIDA |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo and;Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan |
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Abstract: | We tested 14 pairs of microsatellite primers that had been developed for the genus Polistes to assess their applicability for determining genetic structure in a colony of the genus Parapolybia. At least one of the 14 Polistes primer sets was useful for Parapolybia indica, and the locus identified by this primer set was highly polymorphic. Using this primer set, we estimated the average relatedness among female nestmates of Parapolybia indica to be 0.82 ± 0.05 (mean ± SE), indicating that in this species single mating is normal, although some cases of multiple mating was found. |
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Keywords: | genetic marker Hymenoptera paper wasp Polistinae social structure Vespidae |
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