Microsatellite Loci from Lanyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans botelensis) and their Cross-Species Application in Four Species of Strigidae

We developed six new microsatellite markers containing tetranucleotide repeat motifs (GATA/CTAT) for Lanyu scops owl (Otus elegans botelensis) from an enriched partial library. All these loci are polymorphic and conform to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. We cross-species tested these and 12 other micros...

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Published inConservation genetics Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 161 - 165
Main Authors Hsu, Yu-Cheng, Li, Shou-Hsien, Lin, Yao-Sung, Severinghaus, Lucia Liu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.02.2006
Subjects
Animal populations
Conservation genetics
Genetic markers
Genetics
Ninox scutulata
Otus elegans botelensis
Otus lettia
Otus scops
Otus spilocephalus
Population genetics
Strigidae
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Summary:We developed six new microsatellite markers containing tetranucleotide repeat motifs (GATA/CTAT) for Lanyu scops owl (Otus elegans botelensis) from an enriched partial library. All these loci are polymorphic and conform to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. We cross-species tested these and 12 other microsatellite primer pairs previously developed from O. elegans on four other species of owls (O. lettia, O. spilocephalus, O. scops, and Ninox scutulata). Results showed that the degree of polymorphism decreased with increasing phylogenetic distance to O. elegans. Most loci (66.7, 83.3, and 100%) were polymorphic in the three Otus owls but only five (27.8%) were polymorphic in N. scutulata. These microsatellites should be very useful genetic markers in studying the mating system, population genetics, and conservation of other little studied Old World Otus owls.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:1566-0621
1572-9737
DOI:10.1007/s10592-005-5477-x