Isolation and characterization of twenty-one polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana)

X D Jia; B D Yang; B S Yue; H L Yin; H X Wang; X Y Zhang

Isolation and characterization of twenty-one polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana)

Genetika. 2011 Jul;47(7):996-9.

Authors

X D Jia¹, B D Yang, B S Yue, H L Yin, H X Wang, X Y Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China.

PMID: 21938964

Abstract

Twenty-one microsatellite loci were isolated from AC-enriched library of Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana). The number of alleles at the 21 microsatellite loci ranged from 8 to 15, with an average of 12.2 per locus. Polymorphism information content (PIC) ranged from 0.805 to 0.910 with an average of 0.873. The observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.208 to 0.792 and from 0.843 to 0.938, respectively. These microsatellite loci will be useful for future studies that relate to the genetic diversity and population structure of Tibetan macaque.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Genetic Loci / genetics*
Genetic Variation
Macaca / genetics*
Microsatellite Repeats / genetics*
Tibet