TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of microsatellite markers for Sycoscapter nonpollinating fig wasps
AU - Bouteiller-Reuter, Caroline
AU - Hale, Marie L.
AU - Cook, James M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We isolated 18 microsatellites from Sycoscapter australis, a nonpollinating fig wasp that develops in figs of Ficus macrophylla, and assessed their variability in 20 wasps. We further optimized nine of these loci for use in three other Sycoscapter species that develop in Ficus rubiginosa figs and assessed their variability in 47-140 wasps per species. These are the first microsatellites developed for nonpollinating fig wasps and show sufficient polymorphism to become important tools in evolutionary and genetical studies of Sycoscapter wasps.
AB - We isolated 18 microsatellites from Sycoscapter australis, a nonpollinating fig wasp that develops in figs of Ficus macrophylla, and assessed their variability in 20 wasps. We further optimized nine of these loci for use in three other Sycoscapter species that develop in Ficus rubiginosa figs and assessed their variability in 47-140 wasps per species. These are the first microsatellites developed for nonpollinating fig wasps and show sufficient polymorphism to become important tools in evolutionary and genetical studies of Sycoscapter wasps.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/555532
U2 - 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02284.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02284.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1755-098X
VL - 9
SP - 832
EP - 835
JO - Molecular Ecology Resources
JF - Molecular Ecology Resources
IS - 3
ER -