Isolation of microsatellite loci from the coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

Authors

• Maureen B. Peters, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia
• Karen H. Beard, Utah State UniversityFollow
• Cris Hagen, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia
• Eric M. O'Neill, Utah State University, Logan, UT
• Karen E. Mock, Utah State UniversityFollow
• William Pitt, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1-1-2008

Comments

Published in Molecular Ecology Resources (2008) 8, 139–141.

Abstract

Thirteen microsatellite loci were isolated from the coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) and optimized for future research. The loci were screened across 37 individuals from two Puerto Rican populations. Loci were variable with the number of alleles per locus ranging from three to 38. Polymorphic information content ranged from 0.453 to 0.963 and observed heterozygosity for each population ranged from 0.320 to 0.920.