title: Isolation and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellites in the Plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii.
abstract: We developed 15 new polymorphic microsatellites for the plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii. Loci were isolated from a genomic library from Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica enriched for (AAAG)(n) repetitive elements. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 4 to 20 (mean 9) in the sampled population. Observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.37 to 1. None of the loci deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium or showed significant linkage disequilibrium after a Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. All loci amplified in the six other subspecies of the Ensatina eschscholtzii complex. These new markers will prove useful in measuring gene flow and population structure as well as patterns of mating and sperm use in Ensatina.
authors.affiliation: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Devitt
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Lakshmi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jakkula
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alexandrino
authors.forename: Carolyne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bardeleben
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moritz