Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES
Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 440-442Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00268.x
Keywords
cross-species amplification; cryptic species; fig wasp; microsatellites; Pegoscapus; primers
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To obtain tools for the estimation of inbreeding and assignment of offspring to matrilines, we developed 13 microsatellite loci from the fig wasps that pollinate Ficus obtusifolia. Based on morphological studies, it was thought that a single species (Pegoscapus hoffmeyer) pollinated this fig. However, our data revealed the presence of two coexisting cryptic species. Several diagnostic microsatellite markers may be used to distinguish these two cryptic species. The new microsatellites can be used across a wide range of fig-pollinating wasp species for both evolutionary and population genetic studies.
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