Microsatellites reveal high genetic diversity within colonies of Camponotus ants.
In order to characterize the sociogenetic structure of colonies in the carpenter ants Camponotus herculeanus and C. ligniperda, we have developed microsatellite markers. The three loci studied were either fixed for different alleles in the two species or showed different patterns of polymorphisms. Genotyping of workers and males showed that the broods of C. ligniperda include several matrilines, a rare phenomenon in the genus. Five alleles from a locus polymorphic in both species were sequenced from the respective PCR-products. A part of the length variation appeared to be due to changes outside the repeat sequence, and some PCR products of an equal length had a different number of dinucleotide repeats.
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Department of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
D004276:DNA, Satellite; D005819:Genetic Markers