title: Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the raccoon (Procyon lotor).
abstract: We report the isolation and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the North American raccoon (Procyon lotor). These loci exhibit high levels of allelic diversity, with between four and 13 alleles per locus, and heterozygosity, with observed values of 0.500-1.000 in a sample of 20 individuals. All genotypes conformed to Hardy-Weinberg expectations and there were no instances of linkage disequilibrium detected.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological Sciences, 226 Tucker Hall, and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siripunkaw
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kongrit
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Faries
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Monello
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gompper
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Eggert