Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite markers in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

  1. R. BURRI1,
  2. S. ANTONIAZZA1,
  3. F. SIVERIO2,
  4. Á. KLEIN3,
  5. A. ROULIN4,
  6. L. FUMAGALLI1

Article first published online: 8 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02121.x

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Molecular Ecology Resources

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volume 8, Issue 5, pages 977–979, September 2008

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BURRI, R., ANTONIAZZA, S., SIVERIO, F., KLEIN, Á., ROULIN, A. and FUMAGALLI, L. (2008), Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite markers in the barn owl (Tyto alba). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8: 977–979. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02121.x

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  1. 1

    Laboratory for Conservation Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland,

  2. 2

    Los Barros 21, E-38410 Los Realejos, Tenerife, Canary Islands,

  3. 3

    Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. Sétány 1/c., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary,

  4. 4

    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

* R. Burri, Fax: +41 (0)21 692 41 65; E-mail: reto.burri@unil.ch

  1. Data deposition: The sequences reported in this paper have been deposited in the GenBank database (accession nos. EU220182–EU220197, EU220199, EU220200, EU220202, EU220205, EU220206)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 AUG 2008
  2. Article first published online: 8 JUL 2008
  3. Received 4 November 2007; revision accepted 19 December 2007

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Keywords:

  • barn owl;
  • cosmopolite;
  • microsatellite;
  • nocturnal raptor;
  • population genetics;
  • Tyto alba

Abstract

We report 21 new polymorphic microsatellite markers in the European barn owl (Tyto alba). The polymorphism of the reported markers was evaluated in a population situated in western Switzerland and in another from Tenerife, Canary Islands. The number of alleles per locus varies between two and 31, and expected heterozygosity per population ranges from 0.16 to 0.95. All loci are in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and no linkage disequilibrium was detected. Two loci exhibit a null allele in the Tenerife population.

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