Variability of thirteen microsatellite markers in American mink (Mustela vison)

A mink genomic library was screened with an (AC)(15) oligonucleotide as the probe. Thirteen microsatellite loci were identified and primer sequences and amplification conditions were determined. All the 13 loci were polymorphic in black, brown, pastel and wild mink (n = 86), generating between 4 to 12 alleles per focus. Six of the primer pairs revealed polymorphisms in American pine marten.