Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota, Manis spp.)

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

Shu Jin Luo (Author) Other; Qing Xiu Cai (Author) Other; Victor A David (Author) Other; Li Zhang (Author) Other; Paolo Martelli (Author) Other; Norman T L Lim (Author) Other; Nuno Ferrand (Author) FCUP; Shih Chien Chin (Author) Other; Philippe Gaubert (Author) Other; Maria Joao Ramos (Author) FCUP; Stephen J O'Brien (Author) Other; Agostinho Antunes (Author) REIT; Warren E Johnson (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Molecular Ecology Notes

Vol. 7

Pages: 269-272

ISSN: 1471-8278

Publisher: Blackwell

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Biological sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-BM3

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01577.x

Abstract (EN): Thirty-four polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci were developed in the Malayan pangolin Manis javanica. Of the 34 markers, 32 and 18 were also amplified, respectively, in the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) and the African tree pangolin (Manis tricuspis). Analysis of 24 Malayan, 12 Chinese and 2 African tree pangolins showed high levels of variability (heterozygosity ranging from 0.321 to 0.708). These are the first available microsatellite markers in Pholidota and will be an invaluable tool for evolutionary and conservation genetic studies in pangolins.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4