Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the sand pocket mouse Chaetodipus arenarius, an endemic from the Baja California Peninsula

A Munguia-Vega; R Rodriguez-Estrella; M Nachman; M Culver

doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02399.x

Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the sand pocket mouse Chaetodipus arenarius, an endemic from the Baja California Peninsula

Mol Ecol Resour. 2009 Jan;9(1):305-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02399.x. Epub 2008 Nov 11.

Authors

A Munguia-Vega¹, R Rodriguez-Estrella, M Nachman, M Culver

Affiliation

¹ Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (USGS), School of Natural Resources, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, BCS 23090, México.

PMID: 21564634
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02399.x

Abstract

Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from an enriched genomic library of the sand pocket mouse Chaetodipus arenarius. The mean number of alleles per locus was 11.53 (range five to 19) and the average observed heterozygosity was 0.764 (range 0.121 to 1.0). The markers will be used for detecting the impact of human-induced habitat fragmentation on patterns of gene flow, genetic structure, and extinction risk. In addition, these markers will be useful across the genus because most of the loci cross-amplified and were polymorphic in three other species of Chaetodipus.