title: Eleven microsatellite loci isolated from the banded wren (Thryothorus pleurostictus).
abstract: We describe 11 microsatellite loci isolated from the Banded Wren (Thryothorus pleurostictus), a Neotropical species for which understanding the genetic mating system is important for testing questions about the species' unusual vocal behavior. Screening of these loci revealed extremely low allelic variation in a Costa Rican population. Allelic variation at these and other previously developed loci is substantially higher in two other wren species, the southern house wren (Troglodytes aedon bonariae) and rufous-and-white wren (Thryothorus rufalbus), suggesting that the low allelic diversity in the banded wren results from demographic bottlenecks rather than locus-sampling artifacts.
authors.affiliation: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Brar
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Schoenle
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Stenzler
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Vehrencamp
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Lovette