Development of 19 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the intermediate horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera)

Xiuguang Mao, Yang Liu, Yingying Zhou, Beibei He, Shuyi Zhang

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Abstract

The intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) is a widespread species in Southeast Asia. We developed 19 novel microsatellite loci from an enriched genomic library of the bat, and tested their polymorphism using a single population from Guangdong province, southern China. The number of alleles ranged from 3 to 15 per locus with the expected and observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.397 to 0.920 and 0.280-0.926, respectively. Three markers significantly deviated from the Hardy-Weinberg expectations after Bonferroni correction and no linkage disequilibrium was detected in any of loci. These microsatellite loci will be useful in studying the phylogeography of this species.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)709-711
Number of pages3
JournalConservation Genetics
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2009

Keywords

  • Microsatellite
  • Phylogeography
  • Rhinolophus affinis

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