Abstract
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 |
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| Pages (from-to) | 616-618 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Molecular Ecology Notes |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2005 |