title: Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite markers in the barn owl (Tyto alba).
abstract: We report 21 new polymorphic microsatellite markers in the European barn owl (Tyto alba). The polymorphism of the reported markers was evaluated in a population situated in western Switzerland and in another from Tenerife, Canary Islands. The number of alleles per locus varies between two and 31, and expected heterozygosity per population ranges from 0.16 to 0.95. All loci are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and no linkage disequilibrium was detected. Two loci exhibit a null allele in the Tenerife population.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Conservation Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Los Barros 21, E-38410 Los Realejos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. Sétány 1/c., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Antoniazza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Siverio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roulin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fumagalli