SREL Reprint #3080

Microsatellite markers isolated from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi)

Caroline Duffie1, Travis C. Glenn2, Cris Hagen2, and Patricia Parker1

1Department of Biology R223, University of Missouri-St Louis, 1 University Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA
2Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA

Abstract: Eight polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci were isolated from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) for future population genetic studies. Genetic variability was assessed using at least 38 individuals from two populations. Allele numbers ranged from three to nine per locus. Mean observed heterozygosity varied from 0.27 to 0.78. No locus deviated from Hardy–Weinberg (HW) or linkage equilibria in either population. The high levels of detected polymorphism indicate the utility of these markers for population genetic studies of this Galápagos species.

Keywords: Galápagos, microsatellite markers, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocorax harrisi, population genetics

SREL Reprint #3080

Duffie, C., T. C. Glenn, C. Hagen and P. Parker. 2008. Microsatellite markers isolated from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi). Molecular Ecology Resources 2008(8): 625-627.

This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).