Characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for an endangered butterfly Argynnis niobe and their cross-species utility in the closely related species A. adippe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

0389645 - BC 2014 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Zima, Jan - Leština, D. - Konvička, Martin
Characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for an endangered butterfly Argynnis niobe and their cross-species utility in the closely related species A. adippe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
European Journal of Entomology. Roč. 110, č. 2 (2013), s. 383-387. ISSN 1210-5759. E-ISSN 1802-8829
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP505/10/2167
Grant - others:University of South Bohemia(CZ) 04-144/2010/P
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : Carpathian Mts * conservation genetics * Lepidoptera
Subject RIV: EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
Impact factor: 1.076, year: 2013
http://www.eje.cz/pdfs/110/2/383

The Niobe Fritillary, Argynnis niobe, is a habitat specialist and as a consequence is highly endangered in contemporary Europe. To investigate its genetic diversity and population structure, 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed and characterized, using a recently developed pyrosequencing method. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 21, and the observed and expected heterozygosities varied from 0.17 to 0.53 and from 0.24 to 0.92, respectively. These loci were also successfully used to study the genetic diversity of a closely related species, the High Brown Fritillary, Argynnis adippe, and will be used in future population structure studies of both these species.
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