title: Novel microsatellite DNA loci for Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758).
abstract: We present details and characteristics of 123 novel polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci for Bombus terrestris. Thirty-four of these loci have been tested in nine other Bombus species and 25 of them showed polymorphisms in at least one species. These microsatellite DNA loci together with the already established 60 loci will be useful for characterizing wild and managed populations of B. terrestris and other Bombus species as well as for detailed genetic studies in including mapping studies and genome annotations.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Hoher Weg 4, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France, ETH Zürich, Intitute for Integrative Biology (IBZ), Experimental Ecology Group, ETH-Zentrum CHN, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Eckart
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stolle
authors.forename: Mandy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vautrin
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solignac
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmid-Hempel
authors.forename: Regula
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmid-Hempel
authors.forename: Robin F A
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Moritz