title: Identification of 21 polymorphic microsatellites in the African parasitoid wasp, Psyttalia lounsburyi (Silvestri) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).
abstract: We have developed 21 dinucleotide repeat microsatellite loci from African populations of Psyttalia lounsburyi (Silvestri) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid wasp of the olive fruit fly, as part of a study assessing the role of introgression/hybridization in the success of a biological control introduction. We proposed suitable conditions for polymerase chain reaction multiplexing. All 21 loci were polymorphic with two to 21 alleles per locus within the Kenyan and South African populations tested. Most of them were successfully amplified in two other Psyttalia species.
authors.affiliation: USDA-ARS-European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL), Campus International de Baillarguet CS 90013, 34988 Montferrier le Lez, France, Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations, INRA, Campus International de Baillarguet CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier le Lez, France, INRA, 400 Route des Chappes, BP 167, 06 903 Sophia Antipolis cedex, France, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Sacramento, CA 95814, USA.
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