Identification of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the zebra finch
Taeniopygia guttata (Passeridae, AVES)
DEBORAH A. DAWSON, JOHN CHITTOCK, ROBERT JEHLE, APRIL WHITLOCK, DENISE
NOGUEIRA, JAYNE PELLATT, TIM BIRKHEAD, TERRY BURKE
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
Appendix 1 Passerine microsatellite loci tested for amplification and polymorphism in a sample of 2-109
zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata (Passeridae, Aves)
Locus code†
Locus reference
Source species of locus*
Source
family of
locus*
Mcyµ4
Ppi2
Fhu2
Pca1, 4, 7, 9
Hru2, 5, 6, 7
Ase
Pocc6
Pdo5, 6
(Zebra finch)
INDIGO
Lox1-4, 6-8
Escµ1-6
Mme8, 12
Dpµ1, 3, 5, 15
Double et al. 1997
Martinez et al. 1999
Primmer et al. 1996a
Dawson et al. 2000
Primmer et al. 1996b
Richardson et al. 2000
Bensch et al. 1997
Griffiths et al. 1999
None available
Sefc et al. 2001
Piertney et al. 1998
Hanotte et al. 1994
Jeffrey et al. 2001
Dawson et al. 1997
Malurus cyaneus
Pica pica
Ficedula hypoleuca
Parus caeruleus
Hirundo rustica
Acrocephalus sechellensis
Phylloscopus occipitalis
Passer domesticus
Taeniopygia guttata
Vidua chalybeata
Loxia scotica
Emberiza schoeniclus
Melospiza melodia
Dendroica petechia
Maluridae
Corvidae
Muscicapidae
Paridae
Hirundinidae
Sylviidae
Sylviidae
Passeridae
Passeridae
Passeridae
Fringillidae
Fringillidae
Fringillidae
Fringillidae
Genetic distance
from locus
source species to
T. guttata§
12.8
12.8
12.8
11.1
11.1
11.1
11.1
>9.8
0
>9.8
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
†Identities of actual loci used, full reference and results of their testing are provided in the Sheffield
Molecular Genetics Facility Web Database: http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/groups/molecol/birdmarkers.html.
*based on Sibley & Monroe (1990)
§based on Sibley & Ahlquist (1990)
1
N
of
te
1
1
1
4
4
49
1
2
0
11
7
6
2
4
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