title: Development of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa rufa (Rafinesque).
abstract: We developed 10 microsatellite markers for the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa rufa. In three populations of A. r. rufa, the number of alleles for these loci ranged from monomorphic to nine. Average observed heterozygosities in these populations ranged from 0.29 to 0.60. We also tested previously published markers from the endangered subspecies A. r. nigra in A. r. rufa populations.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Genetics Laboratory, National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, USDA 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA Genetics Data Centre, University of British Columbia Department of Forest Sciences, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada BC V6T 1Z4 Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.
authors.forename: Antoinette J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Piaggio
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Neubaum
authors.forename: Hesther
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yueh
authors.forename: Carol E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ritland
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Perkins