Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the acacia-ant Crematogaster mimosae |
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| Authors: | Rubin B E Makarewich C A Talaba A L Stenzler L Bogdanowicz S M Lovette I J |
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| Affiliation: | Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Genetics Core Facility, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. |
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| Abstract: | We describe 10 microsatellite loci developed from Crematogaster mimosae, an ant species that nests mutualistically in Acacia drepanolobium trees in east Africa. Polymorphism ranged from 4 to 16 alleles per locus (mean = 7.3). Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.485 to 0.813 (mean 0.626), and from 0.502 to 0.894 (mean 0.674), respectively. These markers will foster studies of the population structure, colony structure, and reproductive strategies of these ants. |
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| Keywords: | acacia‐ant Crematogaster mimosae Crematogaster haplodiploid Kenya microsatellite |
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