Research Article

Rapid microsatellite development in Gekko japonicus using sequenced restriction-site associated DNA markers

Published: October 30, 2015
Genet. Mol. Res. 14 (4) : 14119-14122 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4238/2015.October.29.32
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L. Wei, W.W. Shao, H.B. Zhou, J. Ping, L.M. Li, Y.P. Zhang (2015). Rapid microsatellite development in Gekko japonicus using sequenced restriction-site associated DNA markers. Genet. Mol. Res. 14(4): 14119-14122. https://doi.org/10.4238/2015.October.29.32
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Abstract

Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the Japanese gecko, Gekko japonicus. We genotyped one population from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China (N = 36). The mean number of observed alleles per locus was 7.3 (range 4 to 13). Observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.200 to 0.944 and from 0.395 to 0.797, respectively. One locus (GJ20) showed significant departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; no linkage disequilibrium was found between any two loci. These informative microsatellite markers will be useful for population genetic analyses of G. japonicus and other species in the genus Gekko.

Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated in the Japanese gecko, Gekko japonicus. We genotyped one population from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China (N = 36). The mean number of observed alleles per locus was 7.3 (range 4 to 13). Observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.200 to 0.944 and from 0.395 to 0.797, respectively. One locus (GJ20) showed significant departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; no linkage disequilibrium was found between any two loci. These informative microsatellite markers will be useful for population genetic analyses of G. japonicus and other species in the genus Gekko.