Polymerase chain reaction primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) |
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| Authors: | Schmid Volker S Kautz Stefanie Trindl Andreas Heinze Jürgen |
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| Institution: | 1. Biologie I, Universit?t Regensburg, D‐93040 Regensburg, Germany,;2. Department of General Botany — Plant Ecology, Universit?t Duisburg‐Essen, FB BioGeo, Universit?tsstra?e 5, D‐45117 Essen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The elongate twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis is widely distributed in the New World ranging from southern USA to Brazil and northern Argentina. To investigate its within-colony relatedness, we developed primers for nine polymorphic microsatellite loci. High levels of within-population variation were observed, with number of alleles ranging from two to 13, and heterozygosity from 0.28 to 0.90. The loci showed no deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and no linkage disequilibrium. |
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| Keywords: | Hymenoptera microsatellites Pseudomyrmex social insects |
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