Cross‐species characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the giant otter ( Pteronura brasiliensis )

• Published in: Molecular Ecology Resources
• Main Authors: PICKLES, ROBERT S. A., GROOMBRIDGE, JAMES J., ROJAS, VERONICA D. ZAMBRANA, JORDAN, WILLIAM C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Genetics; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Biotechnology; American River; Lontra; Lutra lutra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02232.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1755-0998.2008.02232.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02232.x

Abstract Nineteen microsatellite loci developed for the Eurasian otter ( Lutra lutra ) and 15 loci developed for the North American river otter ( Lontra canadensis ) were tested for ease of amplification and degree of polymorphism on a set of 20 giant otter ( Pteronura brasiliensis ) faecal samples from the Bolivian Amazon basin. Nineteen loci amplified consistently well, with polymorphisms ranging from two to nine alleles and observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.15 to 0.85.