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- Title
Characterization of expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite loci in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
- Authors
Zeng-Qiang Qian; Y. Ching Crozier; Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C.; Steiner, Florian M.; Crozier, Ross H.
- Abstract
The fire ant Solenopsis invicta has received considerable attention as a damaging invasive pest. In the present study, 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed from publicly available expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of S. invicta. The number of alleles varied between 3 and 12, with an average of 6.42 per locus. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.4167 to 1.0000 and from 0.3446 to 0.8543, respectively. These informative EST-derived microsatellite loci provide a powerful complementary tool for genetic studies of S. invicta.
- Subjects
SOLENOPSIS invicta; FIRE ants; HYMENOPTERA; LOCUS (Genetics); GENETIC polymorphisms; HETEROZYGOSITY; GENETIC carriers
- Publication
Conservation Genetics, 2009, Vol 10, Issue 5, p1373
- ISSN
1566-0621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10592-008-9698-7