A standard set of polymorphic microsatellites for threatened mountain ungulates (Caprini, Artiodactyla)

A standard set of polymorphic microsatellites for threatened mountain ungulates (Caprini, Artiodactyla)

Nearly 70% of the world's mountain ungulate taxa are endangered. The availability of a standard set of DNA markers for forensic and molecular ecology studies would help to establish conservation programs and detect poaching activities of these endangered taxa. We tested 60 published microsatell...

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Published in:Molecular ecology notes Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 49 - 55
Main Authors: Maudet, C., Beja-Pereira, A., Zeyl, E., Nagash, H., Kence, A., Özüt, D., Biju-Duval, M.-P., Boolormaa, S., Coltman, D. W., Taberlet, P., Luikart, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01-03-2004
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Ecology
Capra
cross species
Ecology, environment
Environmental Sciences
genetic markers
Life Sciences
microsatellites
mountain ungulates
Ovis
Rubicapra
microsatellites
mountain ungulates
genetic markers
cross species
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Summary:Nearly 70% of the world's mountain ungulate taxa are endangered. The availability of a standard set of DNA markers for forensic and molecular ecology studies would help to establish conservation programs and detect poaching activities of these endangered taxa. We tested 60 published microsatellite primer pairs from bovids (cattle, sheep and goat) on 49 individuals from 11 taxa including six wild goat‐like species (Capra spp.), three divergent wild sheep (Ovis spp.), and two chamois (Rupicapra spp.) species. Approximately 30 microsatellites amplified a microsatellite‐like PCR product in all three genera, and with the exception of ILST097, nearly all the loci were polymorphic within most of the 11 species.
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The first two authors contributed equally.
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ISSN:1471-8278
1471-8286
DOI:10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00563.x