title: Isolation and characterization of 100 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus).
abstract: We describe primers and polymerase chain reaction conditions to amplify 100 microsatellite loci from the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus). The primers were tested on two geographically separated Finnish populations. The developed primer pairs yielded an average of 4.72 alleles per locus (range one to 17) and an average observed heterozygosity of 0.55 (range 0.04 to 1).
authors.affiliation: Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 65, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaari
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Välimäki
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merilä