title: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for Neothraupis fasciata, (Emberizidae, Passeriformes) with widely cross amplification in neotropical passerines.
abstract: We described the development and characterization of 16 microsatellite loci for the white-banded tanager (Neothraupis fasciata), a Neotropical passerine from Cerrado (Brazilian savanna). Based on 24 N. fasciata from a single population, we detected moderate to high number of alleles per locus (2-18 alelles) with expected heterozygosities ranging from 0.12 to 0.92. The high combined paternity exclusion probability (0.999) and low combined genetic identity (1.72 x 10(-10)) show that the battery of loci is suitable for parentage and population analyses. Some of these markers also showed amplification in 8 species from 4 Neotropical passerine families, indicating the potential of these markers to address similar questions in these species.
authors.affiliation: Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.forename: Rosane G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Collevatti
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caparroz
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D056426:Genetic Loci; D006579:Heterozygote; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000235:genetics*