Characterization of 29 polymorphic artiodactyl microsatellite markers for the mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)

We report the results of a cross‐species amplification test of 156 bovine, ovine and cervid microsatellite markers in a wild population of mountain goats, Oreamnos americanus, inhabiting Caw Ridge, Alberta, Canada. Twenty‐nine markers were found to be low to moderately polymorphic with between two t...

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Published in:	Molecular ecology notes Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 809 - 811
Main Authors:	MAINGUY, JULIEN, LLEWELLYN, AMY S., WORLEY, KIRSTY, CÔTÉ, STEEVE D., COLTMAN, DAVID W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01-12-2005
Subjects:	Bovidae Cervidae cross-species amplification microsatellites mountain goat Oreamnos americanus rupicaprin
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Summary:	We report the results of a cross‐species amplification test of 156 bovine, ovine and cervid microsatellite markers in a wild population of mountain goats, Oreamnos americanus, inhabiting Caw Ridge, Alberta, Canada. Twenty‐nine markers were found to be low to moderately polymorphic with between two to nine alleles per locus. Observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.14 to 0.85 for a sample of 215 mountain goats. This set of markers will be used in parentage analyses to construct the pedigree of the long‐term studied population and to investigate the effects of individual genetic variability on life‐history traits.
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ISSN:	1471-8278 1471-8286
DOI:	10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01071.x