Development and characterization of 11 microsatellite loci in a historically introduced carnivoran, the common genet (Genetta genetta)

  1. P. GAUBERT1,3,
  2. I. DEL CERRO1,4,
  3. F. PALOMARES1,
  4. J. A. GODOY2

Article first published online: 29 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02277.x

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Molecular Ecology Resources

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volume 8, Issue 6, pages 1375–1377, November 2008

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GAUBERT, P., DEL CERRO, I., PALOMARES, F. and GODOY, J. A. (2008), Development and characterization of 11 microsatellite loci in a historically introduced carnivoran, the common genet (Genetta genetta). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8: 1375–1377. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02277.x

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  1. 1

    Departamento de Biología de la Conservación,

  2. 2

    Departamento de Ecología Integrativa, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Pabellón del Perú, Avda María Luisa s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain,

  3. 3

    UR IRD 131 — UMS MNHN 403, Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France,

  4. 4

    Genética de la Conservación Animal, IRTA, Ctra de Cabrils, s/n 08348 Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain

* Philippe Gaubert, Fax: (33)1 40 79 37 71; E-mail: gaubert@mnhn.fr

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 29 OCT 2008
  3. Received 13 January 2008; revision accepted 7 April 2008

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Keywords:

  • Carnivora;
  • Europe;
  • Genetta genetta;
  • introduced species;
  • microsatellite;
  • Viverridae

Abstract

Microsatellite markers were developed to assess population structure and patterns of translocation in the introduced European common genet (Genetta genetta). Primer pairs were designed for 60 microsatellite sequences enriched for CA, GA, CATC and TAGA repeat motifs. Eleven loci that proved to be polymorphic were genotyped in 33 individuals from southwestern France. The number of alleles per locus and observed heterozygosities varied from three to seven and from 0.2121 to 0.7576, respectively. One locus (B103) showed significant departure from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, probably due to the presence of null alleles. Tests of linkage disequilibrium did not detect significant associations among loci.

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