Isolation and characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) ...

• Main Authors: Scott, David D., Fitzpatrick, Seán, Bailie, Deborah A., Boston, Emma S. M., Lundy, Mathieu G., Buckley, Daniel J., Teeling, Emma C., Ian Montgomery, W., Prodöhl, Paulo A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Myotis nattereri; Natterer's bat
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13429524; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13429524

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Eight new microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for the Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri from a microsatellite-enriched genomic library. The usefulness of these markers was assessed by screening a sample comprising 100 specimens collected from throughout the species range in Europe. Both moderately and highly polymorphic loci were identified with 3–17 alleles segregating per locus (mean 8.1 SE ± 0.048). No evidence for departure from HWE or linkage disequilibrium among loci was observed. These markers will provide a valuable addition to the molecular toolbox currently available for studies of population genetic structure, parentage and social organisation of M. nattereri and related species. ...