Characterization of novel microsatellite loci in the great leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros armiger and cross-amplification in other related species (original) (raw)

Hetaerina damselflies are distributed throughout the neotropics. We developed eleven microsatellite loci for the damselfly Hetaerina americana. Microsatellites were tested for polymorphism on a panel of 24 individuals. The number of alleles ranged from 2 to 6, observed heterozygosity from 0.080 to 0.701, and the fixation index from -0.266 to 1.000. Cross-amplification was tested in 7 different species in the genus Hetaerina from the United States and Mexico. These microsatellite loci will be useful for studies of population structure and gene flow in H. americana.