title: Polymorphic microsatellite loci for primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata.
abstract: We report here development and characterization of 48 novel microsatellite markers for Ropalidia marginata, a tropical, primitively eusocial polistine wasp from peninsular India. Thirty-two microsatellites showed polymorphism in a wild population of R. marginata (N = 38) collected from Bangalore, India. These markers will facilitate answering some interesting questions in ecology and evolutionary biology of this wasp, such as population structure, serial polygyny, intra-colony genetic relatedness and the pattern of queen succession.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johny
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gadagkar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagaraju