Development of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa rufa (Rafinesque)

  1. ANTOINETTE J. PIAGGIO1,
  2. MELISSA A. NEUBAUM1,
  3. HESTHER YUEH2,
  4. CAROL E. RITLAND2,
  5. JOHN J. JOHNSTON1,
  6. SUSAN L. PERKINS3

Article first published online: 22 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02382.x

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Molecular Ecology Resources

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volume 9, Issue 1, pages 323–325, January 2009

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PIAGGIO, A. J., NEUBAUM, M. A., YUEH, H., RITLAND, C. E., JOHNSTON, J. J. and PERKINS, S. L. (2009), Development of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa rufa (Rafinesque). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 323–325. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02382.x

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  1. 1

    Wildlife Genetics Laboratory, National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, USDA 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA

  2. 2

    Genetics Data Centre, University of British Columbia Department of Forest Sciences, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada BC V6T 1Z4

  3. 3

    Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA

* Antoinette J. Piaggio, Fax: (970) 266 6063; E-mail: toni.j.piaggio@aphis.usda.gov

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 22 JAN 2009
  3. Received 25 August 2008; revision accepted 25 August 2008

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Keywords:

  • Aplodontia rufa;
  • microsatellite;
  • mountain beaver

Abstract

We developed 10 microsatellite markers for the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa rufa. In three populations of A. r. rufa, the number of alleles for these loci ranged from monomorphic to nine. Average observed heterozygosities in these populations ranged from 0.29 to 0.60. We also tested previously published markers from the endangered subspecies A. r. nigra in A. r. rufa populations.

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