SREL Reprint #3114

Microsatellite markers isolated from Drosophila hydei

Maureen B. Peters1, Cris Hagen1, Brian Snyder2, Travis C. Glenn1,4, and
Patricia Adair Gowaty3,5

1Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA
2Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
4Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
5Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002-0948, USA

Abstract: We isolated and characterized 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Drosophila hydei. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 8 (N = 23 individuals). Polymorphic information content ranged from 0.316 to 0.750 and observed heterozygosity from 0.261 to 0.913. These markers will be valuable in studies of sexual selection and parental investment in D. hydei.

Key words: anisogamy, Drosophila hydei, microsatellites, parentage analysis, PCR, sexual selection

SREL Reprint #3114

Peters, M. B., C. Hagen, B. Snyder, T. C. Glenn, and P. A. Gowaty. 2009. Microsatellite markers isolated from Drosophila hydei. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(3): 817-819.

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