Variation at Tri- and Tetranucleotide Repeat Microsatellite Loci in the Fruit Bat Genus Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Authors

Jay F. Storz, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

12-2000

Citation

Molecular Ecology (December 2000) 9(12): 2,199–2,201

doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.105324.x

Comments

Copyright © 2000, Blackwell Science. Used by permission

Abstract

There is considerable uncertainty surrounding the taxonomic relationship between Cynopterus sphinx and C. brachyotis, and the status of the many named forms within C. sphinx (Storz & Kunz 1999). Polymorphic microsatellite markers for cynopterine fruit bats would greatly aid efforts to elucidate species boundaries and genetic correlates of morphological variation within species. To assess levels of variation in C. sphinx and C. brachyotis, microsatellite genotypes were obtained for a total of 731 bats (620 C. sphinx and 111 C. brachyotis).