Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The common pill bug, Armadillidium vulgare, is known to harbour two distinct strains of the feminizing proteobacteria Wolbachia. In order to study the effect of the presence of Wolbachia on the evolution of A. vulgare populations, we developed and characterized a set of nine polymorphic microsatellite loci from two microsatellite-enriched genomic libraries. We screened 48 individuals from three French populations and found high genetic variation. Locus-specific allelic diversity ranged from four to 28 and observed heterozygosity from 0.40 to 1.00, which indicates that these markers can be used to conduct population genetic studies in A. vulgare. 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

published proceedings

  • Molecular Ecology Resources

author list (cited authors)

  • VERNE, S., PUILLANDRE, N., BRUNET, G., GOUIN, N., SAMOLLOW, P. B., ANDERSON, J. D., & GRANDJEAN, F.

citation count

  • 17

complete list of authors

  • VERNE, SÉBASTIEN||PUILLANDRE, NICOLAS||BRUNET, GÉRALDINE||GOUIN, NICOLAS||SAMOLLOW, PAUL B||ANDERSON, JOEL D||GRANDJEAN, FRÉDÉRIC

publication date

  • June 2006

publisher