Characterization of 21 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus travei from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands

Pierre Alexandre Rastorgueff, Véronique Arnal, Claudine Montgelard, Daniela M. Monsanto, Catharina W. Groenewald, William A. Haddad, Marie Pierre Dubois, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren

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Abstract

Twenty-one microsatellite locus were characterized for the collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus travei (Deharveng, 1981) of the sub-Antarctic Marion Island of South Africa. For the analyzed samples (67 individuals distributed in 19 populations), we observed an average of 7.2 alleles per locus, an observed and expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.104 to 0.750 and from 0.123 to 0.820, respectively. This high nuclear genetic diversity is in accordance with previous studies however based on mitochondrial data. Eventually, these microsatellite markers appear particularly useful to explore the influence of evolutionary and ecological processes, which shape the population structure of C. a. travei at different spatial scales across Marion Island and the sub-Antarctic domain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)136-141
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical Systematics and Ecology
Volume64
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • Collembola
  • Marion island
  • Multiplex
  • SSR
  • Southern ocean
  • Springtail

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Biochemistry

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