title: Characterization of 24 microsatellite markers in 11 species of fire ants in the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
abstract: The social parasite ant Solenopsis daguerrei infests colonies of several mound-building fire ant species. Twenty-four microsatellite markers were isolated from a repeat-enriched genomic library of S. daguerrei. Eleven loci were polymorphic in this ant with two to six alleles per locus. Expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.0222 to 0.7940 among loci. Most microsatellites amplified successfully across the 11 Solenopsis species tested and will be useful for evolutionary genetic studies in this diverse ant group.
authors.affiliation: US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE), 1600 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, KY 40546, USA.
authors.forename: Marina S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ascunce
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bouwma
authors.forename: Dewayne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shoemaker