Cloning and characterization of 29 tetranucleotide and two dinucleotide polymorphic microsatellite loci from the endangered marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

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Molecular Ecology Notes

Volume 6 Issue 1, Pages 241 - 244

Published Online: 15 Feb 2006

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Cloning and characterization of 29 tetranucleotide and two dinucleotide polymorphic microsatellite loci from the endangered marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

MARY BETH REW*, M. ZACHARIAH PEERY*, STEVEN R. BEISSINGER*, MARTINE BÉRUBÉ*, JEFFREY D. LOZIER*, EMILY M. RUBIDGE* and PER J. PALSBØLL*†

*Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall 3114, Berkeley, California 94720-3114, USA, †Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA

Correspondence: M. B. Rew, Fax: +1 (510) 643 5098; E-mail: mbrew@nature.berkeley.edu

KEYWORDS

Brachyramphus marmoratus • marbled murrelet • microsatellite • parentage

Abstract

We developed 31 novel, polymorphic microsatellite loci in the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), a critically endangered seabird. Variability was tested on 15 individuals from the Santa Cruz, California population, with each locus characterized by two to 12 alleles. Observed levels of heterozygosity ranged from 0.13 to 0.93. These loci provide a valuable means of assessing the population structure and demographic parameters of this species, which may be critical to its conservation across a fragmented habitat.

Received 25 August 2005; revision accepted 5 October 2005

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