Development of 10 microsatellite loci for Yellow-billed Magpies (Pica nuttalli) and corvid ecology and West Nile virus studies

  1. HOLLY B. ERNEST1,2,
  2. JAY A. WELL1,
  3. JENNIFER D. KURUSHIMA2

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01921.x

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Molecular Ecology Resources

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volume 8, Issue 1, pages 196–198, January 2008

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ERNEST, H. B., WELL, J. A. and KURUSHIMA, J. D. (2008), Development of 10 microsatellite loci for Yellow-billed Magpies (Pica nuttalli) and corvid ecology and West Nile virus studies. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8: 196–198. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01921.x

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  1. 1

    Wildlife and Ecology Unit, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, and

  2. 2

    Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA

* H. B. Ernest, Fax: 530-754-5518; E-mail: hbernest@ucdavis.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
  3. Received 11 March 2007; revision accepted 19 June 2007

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Keywords:

  • Corvus brachyrhynchos;
  • crow;
  • magpie;
  • microsatellite;
  • Pica nuttalli;
  • West Nile virus

Abstract

We developed 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for Yellow-billed Magpies (Pica nuttalli). The primers were tested across a population of 57 Central California Yellow-billed Magpies and displayed an average of 3.9 alleles per locus. Forty-one American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) from California were polymorphic for seven of the loci with an average of 2.9 alleles per locus. One additional microsatellite-containing locus displayed diagnostic allele sizes and may be useful to distinguish between the two species. These corvid specific microsatellites will aid ecological studies of the population-level effects of diseases, such as West Nile virus.

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