title: PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Cross-family amplification: microsatellites isolated from Macropodidae are polymorphic in Potoroidae.
abstract: The superfamily Macropodoidea consists of two families - the Macropodidae and Potoroidae. Cross-species amplification and polymorphism of microsatellite loci is widely recognized within the macropodid family; however, the success of macropodid loci in potoroid species has not been as widely published. In this study, we tested the amplification and polymorphism of 17 cross-species microsatellite loci isolated from macropodids and potoroids in Bettongia lesueur (a potoroid). Success varied between loci and was not predicted by genetic distance from the species of isolation.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Vercoe