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Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylusscutellatus group (Reptilia, Lacertidae) from arid regions

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Title
Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylusscutellatus group (Reptilia, Lacertidae) from arid regions
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BMC Research Notes, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13104-015-1779-3
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Sara Cristina Lopes, Guillermo Velo-Antón, Paulo Pereira, Susana Lopes, Raquel Godinho, Pierre-André Crochet, José Carlos Brito

Abstract

Spiny-footed lizards constitute a diverse but scarcely studied genus. Microsatellite markers would help increasing the knowledge about species boundaries, patterns of genetic diversity and structure, and gene flow dynamics. We developed a set of 22 polymorphic microsatellite loci for cross-species amplification in three taxa belonging to the Acanthodactylus scutellatus species group, A. aureus, A. dumerili/A. senegalensis and A. longipes, and tested the same markers in two other members of the group, A. scutellatus and A. taghitensis. Amplifications in A. aureus, A. longipes and A. dumerili/A. senegalensis were successful, with markers exhibiting a number of alleles varying between 1 and 19. Expected and observed heterozygosity ranged, respectively, between 0.046-0.893 and 0.048-1.000. Moreover, 17 and 16 loci were successfully amplified in A. scutellatus and A. taghitensis, respectively. These markers are provided as reliable genetic tools to use in future evolutionary, behavioural and conservation studies involving species from the A. scutellatus group.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 36%
Researcher 2 18%
Student > Postgraduate 1 9%
Unknown 4 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 36%
Environmental Science 1 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 9%
Unknown 4 36%
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