title: Isolation and characterization of 22 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica).
abstract: We describe primers and polymerase chain reaction conditions to amplify 22 microsatellite loci from the Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica). The primers were tested on 27 individuals from a population breeding in British Columbia, Canada. The developed primer pairs yielded an average of 6.11 alleles per locus (range 2-12), an average observed heterozygosity of 0.70 (range 0.07-0.96) and a polymorphic information content of 0.07-0.88.
authors.affiliation: Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaari
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jaatinen
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merilä