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CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES
Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 183-187Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-009-9045-4
Keywords
Microsatellites; Tetragonisca angustula; Population genetics; Meliponini
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo [BIOTA 2004/15801-0]
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An enriched genomic library was constructed from Tetragonisca angustula, a stingless bee species widely distributed in Brazil. The library was screened using two simple-repeat oligonucleotide probes and 21 microsatellite primer pairs were designed flanking a selection of repeat sequences within positive clones. The polymorphism of the microsatellite loci was analyzed by screening a sample of 19 unrelated T. angustula workers. Fifteen out of 21 loci were shown to be polymorphic, with observed heterozygosity estimates ranging from 0.00 to 0.89. The primers were also successfully used to amplify microsatellite loci from other stingless bee species, Tetragonisca fiebrigi, Tetragonisca weyrauchi, Lestrimelitta maracaia and Schwarziana quadripunctata. The results from variability analyses suggest that the microsatellite loci isolated from T. angustula will be useful in further population studies for the species and also for other Meliponini.
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