title: A large panel of novel microsatellite markers for the bank vole (Myodes glareolus).
abstract: We describe a set of 66 highly polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the bank vole, Myodes (Clethrionomys) glareolus. These microsatellites were characterized for a long-term study on periodically fluctuating density of the bank vole population in Central Finland. We detected six to 38 alleles per locus in the population sampled at two different density phases, and the levels of observed and expected heterozygosities varied between 0.17 and 1.00, and between 0.72 and 0.95, respectively. This microsatellite panel serves as an informative tool for population and molecular genetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35 (YAC4), FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland, Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rikalainen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grapputo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Knott
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koskela
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mappes