title: Characterization of 10 microsatellite loci in an avian louse, Degeeriella regalis (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae).
abstract: We isolated and characterized 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in an ischnoceran louse, Degeeriella regalis, which parasitizes the threatened Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) and other falconiform birds. The loci were screened across 30 individuals from two island populations in the Galápagos Islands. The number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 28. Polymorphic information content ranged from 0.14 to 0.94 and observed heterozygosity ranged from 0 to 0.67. These markers will be valuable in comparative population genetics studies in this species, which is the focus of a long-term population and disease ecology research program.
authors.affiliation: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA, Department of Biology and Harris World Ecology Center, University of Missouri-St Louis, St Louis, MO 63121, USA, Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Cris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: Noah K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Whiteman
authors.forename: Patricia G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Travis C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Glenn