Authors: Alice Latinne Surachit Waengsothorn Ange Marie Risterucci Johan R Michaux
Publish Date: 2011/02/01
Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 511-513
Abstract
Leopoldamys neilli is a threatened murine rodent species endemic to limestone karsts of Thailand Twelve microsatellite loci were identified using the method of microsatelliteenriched libraries Polymorphism was assessed in samples N = 62 from four geographically distinct populations in Thailand Number of alleles per locus ranged from 9 to 15 average 116 Observed and expected heterozygosities varied from 028 to 10 and from 044 to 091 respectively There was no evidence for linkage disequilibrium however four loci showed evidence of departure from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium in one population Presence of null alleles was not detected in all the 12 loci These first microsatellites primers developed for L neilli will provide information on the finescale genetic structure of this threatened species and will help in the development of future conservation policiesThis work was supported by a Belgian FRSFNRS Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique fellowship to A Latinne and to J R Michaux This study is part of the “CERoPath project” Community Ecology of Rodents and their Pathogens in SouthEast Asia effects of biodiversity changes and implications in health ecology ANR Biodiversity ANR 07 BDIV 012 funded by the French National Agency for Research
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