Cross-species microsatellite amplification in South American Caimans (Caiman spp and Paleosuchus palpebrosus)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Rodrigo Barban Zucoloto²  Priscilla Marqui Schimidt Villela¹  Luciano Martins Verdade¹  Luiz Lehmann Coutinho¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura Piracicaba SP ,Brazil

关键词: SSR;    STR;    primers;    crocodilians;    Alligatorinae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-47572006000100015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Microsatellite DNA markers have been used to assess genetic diversity and to study ecological behavioral characteristics in animals. Although these markers are powerful tools, their development is labor intensive and costly. Thus, before new markers are developed it is important to prospect the use of markers from related species. In the present study we investigated the possibility of using microsatellite markers developed for Alligator mississipiensis and Caiman latirostris in South American crocodilians. Our results demonstrate the use of microsatellite markers for Paleosuchus palpebrosus, Caiman crocodilus and Caiman yacare.

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