Development and Characterization of 15 Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci Isolated From Rafinesque’s Big-Eared Bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii

Authors

Antoinette J. Piaggio, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Julia A. Figueroa, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services
Susan L. Perkins, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in Molecular Ecology Resources 9:1191-1193.

Abstract

We developed and characterized 15 microsatellite markers for Rafinesque’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii. In a population from Tennessee, the number of alleles per locus ranged from three to 13 and observed heterozygosities were 0.35 to 0.97 per locus. These loci will provide appropriate variability for estimation of population connectivity, demographic parameters, and genetic diversity for this species of concern.