Identification and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the western drywood termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen)

W Booth; V R Lewis; R L Taylor; C Schal; E L Vargo

doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02169.x

Identification and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the western drywood termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen)

Mol Ecol Resour. 2008 Sep;8(5):1102-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02169.x. Epub 2008 Jul 8.

Authors

W Booth¹, V R Lewis, R L Taylor, C Schal, E L Vargo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology and W. M. Keck Centre for Behavioural Biology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh, NC 27695-7613, USA, Division of Organisms and the Environment, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA.

PMID: 21585984
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02169.x

Abstract

Despite recognition of the western drywood termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen), as one of the most economically important and destructive termite species in the USA, both its population and colony breeding structure genetically remain unclear. Here, we present primer sequences and initial characterization for 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci. In a sample of 30 individuals, representing six geographically distinct locations collected in California, USA, three to 15 alleles were detected segregating per locus. Within a single population observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.050 to 0.866.