title: Cross-species testing of 27 pre-existing microsatellites in Podarcis gaigeae and Podarcis hispanica (Squamata: Lacertidae).
abstract: We tested 27 microsatellite loci for cross-species amplification in the lacertids Podarcis gaigeae and Podarcis hispanica. We detected 11 and 15 polymorphic loci in the former and the latter species, respectively. In a larger sample of individuals from a single population of each species, the number of alleles ranged from five to 23 in 10 of the polymorphic loci in P. gaigeae, and between four and 13 in nine of polymorphic loci in P. hispanica. Two locus deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in P. hispanica. Between 11 and 16 of the 27 loci also amplified successfully in three other Podarcis species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Runemark
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gabirot
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bensch
authors.forename: Erik I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Panayiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pafilis
authors.forename: Efstratios D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Valakos
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hansson