Isolation and characterisation of eight microsatellite markers of the thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura Spinicauda

Diego I. Yáñez, Verónica Quirici, Gabriel J. Castaño-Villa, Elie Poulin, Rodrigo A. Vásquez

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Abstract

Eight novel microsatellites were isolated and characterised in the thorn-tailed rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda in order to evaluate genetic diversity in three contrasting populations, two of them at the boundaries of the geographic range of the species. All loci were found to be polymorphic and 3-15 alleles were found per locus. Expected and observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.26 to 0.89 and from 0.27 to 0.87, respectively. Global and pairwise Weir and Cockerham's Fst showed that genetic differentiation was greater between the northern population and the ones in central and southern Chile. The eight markers developed will be useful to study the genetic diversity of the thorn-tailed rayadito across its distribution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)179-183
Number of pages5
JournalArdeola
Volume62
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2015

Keywords

  • Chile
  • Furnariidae
  • Habitat specialist
  • Population genetics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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