Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 251-253Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01571.x
Keywords
microsatellites; polymorphism; Sturnus unicolor; Sturnus vulgaris
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Spotless and European starlings (Sturnus unicolor and Sturnus vulgaris) have attracted attention from researchers interested in sexual selection, evolution of parental care and reproductive strategies. Both species show high levels of intraspecific nest parasitism and extra-pair paternity, but research in this area is hampered by a lack of molecular markers specific for these species. Here, we describe a set of primers for nine microsatellite loci in spotless starlings, eight of which are highly polymorphic (7.37 alleles in average). These microsatellites are also polymorphic in European starlings (6.75 alleles in average).
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