Low levels of polymorphism at novel microsatellite loci developed for bathyergid mole-rats from South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Bray, Timothy C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Nigel Charles | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bloomer, Paulette | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-09T11:12:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-09T11:12:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Eight microsatellite markers were developed for African mole-rats using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences Containing repeats (FIASCO) protocol and pyrosequencing. The markers were developed in Bathyergus suillus and applied to a selection of individuals from seven related taxa: Bathyergus janetta, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus, C. h. pretoriae, Fukomys damarensis, F. darlingi, F. mechowii and Georychus capensis. The markers displayed low to moderate variation with allele numbers ranging between one and six per species. We propose that larger repeat numbers at di-, tri- and tetranucleotide repeat loci generally yield higher levels of polymorphism. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors are grateful to the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation for funding from the SARCHi Chair for Mammal Behavioural Ecology and Physiology awarded to NCB. Funding was also provided by the University of Pretoria in provision of TCB’s postdoctoral fellowship. | en |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.springerlink.com/content/121433/ | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bray, TC, Bennett, NC & Bloomer, P 2011, 'Low levels of polymorphism at novel microsatellite loci developed for bathyergid mole-rats from South Africa', Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 221-224. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1877-7252 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1877-7260 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1007/s12686-010-9327-x | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17537 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Springer | en |
| dc.rights | © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com. | en |
| dc.subject | African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) | en |
| dc.subject | Bathyergus suillus | en |
| dc.subject | Cross-species | en |
| dc.subject | Microsatellite | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Chromosome polymorphism | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bathyergidae | en |
| dc.title | Low levels of polymorphism at novel microsatellite loci developed for bathyergid mole-rats from South Africa | en |
| dc.type | Postprint Article | en |