title: Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for a facultatively eusocial sweat bee (Megalopta genalis).
abstract: We developed a library of twelve polymorphic di- and tri-nucleotide microsatellite markers for Megalopta genalis, a facultatively eusocial sweat bee. We tested each locus in a panel of 23 unrelated females and found 7-20 alleles per locus. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.65 to 0.96 and from 0.69 to 0.95 respectively. None of the loci deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium proportions or was found to be in gametic disequilibrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 621 Charles E. Young Dr. South, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama.
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kapheim
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pollinger
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wcislo
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Wayne