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Development and characterization of twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite markers for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii, utilizing Illumina sequencing

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Author(s):
Rabeling, Christian [1] ; Bollazzi, Martin [2] ; Bacci, Jr., Mauricio [3] ; Beasley, Rochelle R. [4] ; Lance, Stacey L. [4] ; Jones, Kenneth L. [5] ; Pierce, Naomi E. [1]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Harvard Univ, Museum Comparat Zool, Cambridge, MA 02138 - USA
[2] Univ Republica, Sect Entomol, Montevideo 11200 - Uruguay
[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Georgia, Savannah River Ecol Lab, Aiken, SC 29802 - USA
[5] Univ Colorado, Dept Biochem & Mol Genet, Sch Med, Aurora, CO 80045 - USA
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES; v. 6, n. 2, p. 319-322, JUN 2014.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

We isolated and characterized a total of 22 microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii. The loci were screened for 24 individuals from southern Brazil and Uruguay. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 5 to 20, the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.417 to 0.917, and the probability of identity values ranged from 0.011 to 0.38. These genetic markers will be useful for understanding the population and conservation biology of the leafcutter ant A. lundii and closely related species, and will provide novel insights into the evolutionary biology of social parasitism and leafcutter ant mating systems. (AU)