title: Microsatellite loci for the stingless bee Melipona rufiventris (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
abstract: Eight microsatellite primers were developed from ISSR (intersimple sequence repeats) markers for the stingless bee Melipona rufiventris. These primers were tested in 20 M. rufiventris workers, representing a single population from Minas Gerais state. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 5 (mean = 2.63) and the observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.00 to 0.44 (mean = 0.20) and from 0.05 to 0.68 (mean = 0.31), respectively. Several loci were also polymorphic in M. quadrifasciata, M. bicolor, M. mandacaia and Partamona helleri and should prove useful in population studies of other stingless bees.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denilce Meneses
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Filipe Oliveira
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: D Silva
authors.forename: Tânia Maria
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Fernandes Salomão
authors.forename: Lúcio Antônio D Oliveira
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Mara Garcia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tavares