Five Hundred Microsatellite Loci for Peromyscus.
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SUBMITTER: Weber JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2885811 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
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Five Hundred Microsatellite Loci for Peromyscus.
Weber Jesse N JN Peters Maureen B MB Tsyusko Olga V OV Linnen Catherine R CR Hagen Cris C Schable Nancy A NA Tuberville Tracey D TD McKee Anna M AM Lance Stacey L SL Jones Kenneth L KL Fisher Heidi S HS Dewey Michael J MJ Hoekstra Hopi E HE Glenn Travis C TC
Conservation genetics (Print) 20100601 3
Mice of the genus Peromyscus, including several endangered subspecies, occur throughout North America and have been important models for conservation research. We describe 526 primer pairs that amplify microsatellite DNA loci for P. maniculatus bairdii, 467 of which also amplify in P. polionotus subgriseus. For 12 of these loci, we report diversity data from a natural population. These markers will be an important resource for future genomic studies of Peromyscus evolution and mammalian conserva ...[more]
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