title: Isolation of microsatellite markers in the Calliptamus genus (Orthoptera, Acrididae).
abstract: The Calliptamus genus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) includes locust and grasshopper species, some of which have a high economic impact. Using an enriched methodology, 10 microsatellite markers have been developed from two species, Calliptamus italicus and Calliptamus barbarus. These polymorphic markers were tested on different populations of three Calliptamus species: C. italicus, C. barbarus, C. wattenwylianus. Two markers were amplified on the three species, as well as four on C. barbarus and two on C. italicus. In each species, 9 to 23 alleles per locus were observed. These molecular markers might prove to be a new and interesting tool for Calliptamus population genetics and dispersion studies.
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UPR Acridologie, Montpellier, F-34398 France. blanchet.elodie@gmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pages
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blondin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Billot
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivallan
authors.forename: Jm
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vassal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lecoq
authors.forename: Am
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Risterucci
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015723:Gene Library; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000235:genetics*; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic