title: Isolation, characterization, inheritance and linkage of microsatellite markers in Tetranychus kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae).
abstract: We isolated and characterized seven microsatellite markers in Tetranychus kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae). We also examined the conformity of the isolated markers to Mendelian laws and analyzed linkage among the microsatellite loci. All microsatellite markers fit expected 1:1 disomic segregation ratio and hence were inherited in a Mendelian manner. Significant pairwise linkage was detected in three pairs of microsatellite loci. These isolated microsatellite markers may become a powerful tool for the study of behavioral ecology, population genetics, and genome mapping of T. kanzawai.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ecological Information, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Norihide
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hinomoto
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takafuji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D016678:Genome; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D040102:Tetranychidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004247:DNA