Journal article
Polymorphic microsatellite loci for Diachasma alloeum
Molecular ecology notes, Vol.8(2), pp.373-376
03/01/2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01961.x
PMID: 21585796
Abstract
Byline: ANDREW A. FORBES (*), THOMAS H. Q. POWELL (*), NEIL F. LOBO (*), MOHAMED A. F. NOOR ([dagger]), JEFFREY L. FEDER (*) Keywords: biological control; Diachasma alloeum; Diachasma ferrugineum; Diachasmimorpha mellea; microsatellite; parasitoid; Rhagoletis pomonella Here, we report the isolation of 21 novel primers for amplification of microsatellite loci in Diachasma alloeum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Diachasma alloeum is a larval parasitoid of the apple maggot fly (Rhagoletis pomonella), which is an economically significant agricultural pest species and a textbook example of sympatric speciation via host-plant shifting. These microsatellite markers will prove useful both for assessing genetic relationships between different host-associated populations of D. alloeum, as well as for future R. pomonella biological control programmes. We also report the cross-species amplification of several loci for Diachasmimorpha mellea and Diachasma ferrugineum, parasitoids of R. pomonella and R. cingulata, respectively. Author Affiliation: (*)Department of Biological Sciences, 107 Galvin Life Science Building, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA, ([dagger])Biology Department, Duke University, Research Drive, LSRC B333, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA Article History: Received 2 July 2007; revision accepted 18 July 2007 Article note: Correspondence: Andrew A. Forbes, Fax: (574)631-7413; E-mail: aforbes@nd.edu
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Polymorphic microsatellite loci for Diachasma alloeum
- Creators
- Andrew A ForbesThomas H.Q PowellNeil F LoboMohamed A.F NoorJeffrey L Feder
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Molecular ecology notes, Vol.8(2), pp.373-376
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01961.x
- PMID
- 21585796
- ISSN
- 1471-8278
- eISSN
- 1471-8286
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2008
- Description audience
- Academic
- Academic Unit
- Biology; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984217427902771
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