title: Isolation and development of microsatellite markers for the Japanese dormouse, Glirulus japonicus.
abstract: Eight microsatellite markers were developed for the Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus), a natural monument and near-threatened species in Japan. The markers amplify in individuals from all of the mitochondrial lineages detected in a previous study. Numerous polymorphisms were detected in specimens from a local population in central Honshu (11-21 alleles per locus; n = 31) and from the entire distribution range of the species (19-41 alleles per locus; n = 152). These microsatellites will be useful in conservation genetic studies of G. japonicus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ecology and Genetics, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, North 10, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan KEEP Dormouse Museum, 3545 Kiyosato, Hokuto, Yamanashi 407-0311, Japan, Applied Biology Co. Ltd, 4-12-3 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwabuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki