Microsatellite loci for behavioural studies of Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus: Aves)

G. J. Adcock; R. Heinsohn; D. Ebert; N. Amini; R. Peakall

doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01014.x

Microsatellite loci for behavioural studies of Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus: Aves)

G. J. Adcock^*, R. Heinsohn, D. Ebert, N. Amini, R. Peakall

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Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from the cooperatively breeding and sexually dichromatic Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus). Nine loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and unlinked. One locus, Ero1, was presumed to be sex-linked since females, the heterogametic sex, were all homozygous, whereas 72% of males were heterozygous. A DNA database search revealed that Ero8 is probably an independent isolation of the microsatellite locus AgGT83 of the parrot Amozona guildingii. With high heterozygosity (0.41-0.89) and number of alleles (two to 13), these loci should prove useful for investigating the mating system of these unusual Australasian parrots.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	616-618
Number of pages	3
Journal	Molecular Ecology Notes
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01014.x
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005

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Microsatellite loci for behavioural studies of Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus: Aves)

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