Tetranucleotide microsatellites for aquila and haliaeetus eagles

Joseph D. Busch, Todd E. Katzner, Evgeny Bragin, Paul Keim

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Abstract

A unique community of four syntopic eagle species exists in north-central Kazakhstan. Questions about behaviour and genetics in these four species would benefit from the development of microsatellite markers. We isolated eight polymorphic microsatellite repeats (AAAG)n from the eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) genome using a hybridization enrichment technique. These loci revealed moderate diversity in a local population of eastern imperial eagles (observed heterozygosity 0.26-0.78), and were also polymorphic in steppe eagles (A. nipalensis) and white-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla). These primers may be polymorphic in other species of Aquila and Haliaeetus eagles.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)39-41
Number of pages3
JournalMolecular Ecology Notes
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2005

Keywords

  • Aquila
  • Eagles
  • Enrichment
  • Haliaeetus
  • Tetranucleotide microsatellites

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Ecology
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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