TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in a Lake Victorian, haplochromine cichlid fish: A Pundamilia pundamilia x Pundamilia nyererei hybrid
AU - Taylor, Martin I.
AU - Meardon, Fiona
AU - Turner, George
AU - Seehausen, Ole
AU - Mrosso, Hilary D. J.
AU - Rico, Ciro
PY - 2002/12
Y1 - 2002/12
N2 - The haplochromine cichlid fishes inhabiting Lake Victoria in East Africa are of great interest to evolutionary biologists. We have isolated and optimized six tetranucleotide and a single dinucleotide locus from a hybrid of the haplochromine cichlid fishes, Pundamilia pundamilia and P. nyererei. Characterization in 18 individuals of P. nyererei from a single wild population revealed between six and 18 alleles per locus, with expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.68 to 0.94. These loci will prove useful for investigations of population structure, and elucidating relationships between closely related species. An additional 26 unoptimized loci have been deposited with GenBank and the MEN database.
AB - The haplochromine cichlid fishes inhabiting Lake Victoria in East Africa are of great interest to evolutionary biologists. We have isolated and optimized six tetranucleotide and a single dinucleotide locus from a hybrid of the haplochromine cichlid fishes, Pundamilia pundamilia and P. nyererei. Characterization in 18 individuals of P. nyererei from a single wild population revealed between six and 18 alleles per locus, with expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.68 to 0.94. These loci will prove useful for investigations of population structure, and elucidating relationships between closely related species. An additional 26 unoptimized loci have been deposited with GenBank and the MEN database.
U2 - 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00272.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00272.x
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 443
EP - 445
JO - Molecular Ecology Notes
JF - Molecular Ecology Notes
IS - 4
ER -