title: Isolation and characterization of the first eight microsatellite loci in Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea, Amphipoda) and cross-amplification in Gammarus pulex and Gammarus orinos.
abstract: We characterized the first microsatellite markers for Gammarus fossarum. Eight loci gave satisfactory amplification patterns in two stream populations (Southern France) with number of alleles ranging from 2 to 10 and expected heterozygosity from 0.076 to 0.857. We performed cross-amplification in two closely related gammarid species, Gammarus pulex and Gammarus orinos. Among the eight tested microsatellite loci, four correctly amplified in G. pulex and three in G. orinos.
authors.affiliation: UMR CNRS 5023-Université Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Danancher
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cellot
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dolédec
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reynaud